作者
Ibrahim H Tanboga, Mehmet Ekinci, Turgay Isik, Mustafa Kurt, Ahmet Kaya, Serdar Sevimli
发表日期
2011/8
期刊
Journal of interventional cardiology
卷号
24
期号
4
页码范围
302-306
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Inc
简介
Aims: Syntax score is a significant tool in the management of complex coronary artery disease (CAD). This score is based on visual assessment of coronary lesions via coronary angiograms. It has some limitations due to its visual assessment. Therefore, interobserver and intraobserver agreement should be tested.
Methods: One hundred twenty‐two coronary angiograms were examined, and 76 in whom critical lesions were detected in the coronary arteries were included the study. Coronary angiograms were assessed by 2 independent interventional cardiologists. After 8 weeks, the same interventional cardiologists reassessed coronary angiograms by randomly choosing 30 patients from the first analysis.
Results: For numeric Syntax score value, both interobserver and intraobserver variability shows perfect agreement but interobserver variability shows high mean …
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