These Guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together
cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the ever-increasing body …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

Aims Identification and management of the Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors
(SMuRFs; hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension, diabetes and smoking) has substantially …

Background: As the SYNTAX Score has limitations, it should be replaced by another better
angiographic tool. By comparing mortality that was observed following percutaneous …

Background: Currently available randomized data on the comparison between
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for the …

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with complex coronary artery disease
(CAD), which in turn results in increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular …

Abstract Background The SYNTAX score II 2020 (SSII-2020) was derived from cross
correlation and externally validated in randomized trials to predict death and major adverse …

Aims Risk assessment and treatment stratification for three-vessel disease (3VD) remain
challenging. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is an established …

Objectives: This study sought to investigate long-term clinical outcomes following coronary
artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with …