A New Score for Risk Stratification of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention The ACUITY-PCI (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy–Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) Risk Score
Palmerini T, Genereux P, Caixeta A, Cristea E, Lansky A, Mehran R, Della Riva D, Fahy M, Xu K, Stone GW. A New Score for Risk Stratification of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention The ACUITY-PCI (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy–Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) Risk Score. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2012, 5: 1108-1116. PMID: 23174634, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.07.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseRisk scoreRisk stratificationCoronary syndromeCoronary interventionArtery diseaseElectrocardiographic variablesSegment elevation acute coronary syndromesElevation acute coronary syndromeDiffuse coronary artery diseaseCardiac biomarker elevationClinical SYNTAX scoreEarly invasive strategyGRACE risk scoreTIMI risk scoreInsulin-treated diabetesNet reclassification improvementNew scoreBetter prognostic accuracyST-segment deviationACUITY trialAngiographic substudyRenal insufficiencyCoronary collaterals and risk for restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions: a meta-analysis
Meier P, Indermuehle A, Pitt B, Traupe T, de Marchi SF, Crake T, Knapp G, Lansky AJ, Seiler C. Coronary collaterals and risk for restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions: a meta-analysis. BMC Medicine 2012, 10: 62. PMID: 22720974, PMCID: PMC3386894, DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-62.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary collateral circulationCoronary artery diseaseRisk ratioCoronary interventionCollateral circulationGood collateralizationCoronary collateralsStable coronary artery diseaseGood coronary collateralizationSummary risk ratiosSubgroup of patientsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk of restenosisIntracoronary pressure measurementsRandom-effects modelPoor collateralsAngiographic restenosisPrimary endpointArtery diseaseCoronary collateralizationRisk stratificationResultsA totalMyocardial infarctionSubgroup analysis