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The CatLet score: a new coronary angiographic scoring tool accommodating the variable coronary anatomy for the first time
Author(s) -
Mingxing Xu,
Ruo-Ling Teng,
Terrence D. Ruddy,
Paul Schoenhagen,
Thomas Bartel,
Roberto Di Bartolomeo,
Olcay Aksoy,
Milind Y. Desai,
Yskert Von Kodolitsch,
Javier Escaned,
Peter A. McCullough,
Anupama Vasudevan,
Chengxing Shen,
Xin Zhao,
Yafeng Zhou,
Haifeng Xu,
Cheng Xu-jie,
YongMing He
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.12.18
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary anatomy , cardiology , coronary artery disease , coronary arteries , artery , coronary circulation , radiology , coronary angiography , blood flow , myocardial infarction
The SYNTAX score for decision makings or outcome predictions in coronary artery disease does not account for the variations in the coronary anatomy, which is a clear fallacy for patients with less typical anatomy than suggested by the SYNTAX score. The current study aimed to derive a new coronary angiographic scoring system accommodating the variability in the coronary anatomy.

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