Risk stratification of patients undergoing medical therapy after coronary angiography
Bettinger N, Palmerini T, Caixeta A, Dressler O, Litherland C, Francese DP, Giustino G, Mehran R, Leon MB, Stone GW, Généreux P. Risk stratification of patients undergoing medical therapy after coronary angiography. European Heart Journal 2015, 37: 3103-3110. PMID: 26685136, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsCoronary artery diseaseSYNTAX scoreMedical therapyNSTE-ACSRisk stratificationSegment elevation acute coronary syndromesElevation acute coronary syndromeAdverse ischemic eventsMean SYNTAX scoreAdverse cardiac eventsAcute coronary syndromeBetter prognostic accuracyReceiver operator characteristic analysisImportant clinical implicationsStrongest predictorOperator characteristic analysisACUITY trialCoronary syndromeInitial angiogramCardiac eventsIschemic eventsPrognostic impactArtery diseaseCoronary angiography