Reference: Serruys et al J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2012;5:606–17

SYNTAX Analysis study demonstrates the utility of a new risk score for patients stratification with left main coronary artery or multivessel disease.

Numerous studies have demonstrated the value of SYNTAX score to stratify risk of angioplasty and decision-making (angioplasty versus surgery) in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) or severe trunk injury. However, its use is limited to only providing information about the coronary tree. The new Global risk score or global score (GS) is a score that combines two scores: SYNTAX score and a clinical nature score such as EuroSCORE. Potentially, PG use will improve the predictive value and therefore the decision making. A retrospective multicenter study of SYNTAX stratified patients according to PG.