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Unprotected Left Main Disease and Percutaneous Intervention: A Prototype for Precision Medicine
Author(s) -
Chatterjee Arka,
Hillegass William B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.26893
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , percutaneous , precision medicine , syntax , disease , intervention (counseling) , interventional cardiology , cardiology , medical physics , radiology , myocardial infarction , artificial intelligence , pathology , nursing , computer science
Key Points The SYNTAX Score based on angiographic findings is an actionable risk prediction model helping guide treatment for significant unprotected left main disease. Adding the clinical factor based EuroSCORE to SYNTAX improves outcome prediction for percutaneous coronary intervention of unprotected left main disease. Prediction models are an increasingly useful tool permitting cardiologists to optimize patient outcomes through “personalized” or precision medicine.