Usefulness of the SYNTAX score II to validate 2-year outcomes in patients with complex coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A large single-center study.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to assess the prognostic ability of synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with Taxus and cardiac surgery score II (SS-II) in a large cohort of patients with complex coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in clinical practice.

BACKGROUND

Few studies have explored the usefulness of SS-II in nonrandomized clinical patients with complex CAD undergoing temporary PCI.

METHODS

We prospectively enrolled 4398 consecutive patients undergoing three-vessel and/or unprotected left main PCI in a single center from January 2013 to December 2013. Patients were stratified according to SS-II for PCI tertiles as follows: SS-II ≤ 20 (n = 1474); SS-II 20-26 (n = 1462); and SS-II > 26 (n = 1462). The predictive ability for 2-year mortality was compared between angiographic scores and scores combining both angiographic and clinical variables.

RESULTS

Mortality was significantly higher in the upper tertile than in the intermediate or lower tertiles during the 2-year follow-up (2.7% vs 1.7% vs 0.5%, respectively; P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that SS-II was an independent predictor of 2-year mortality (hazard ratio: 1.66, 95% confidence interval: 1.03-2.68; P = 0.04). After adjusting for multivariable factors, SS-II had better prediction of 2-year mortality than baseline SS (C-index: SS-II = 0.740 vs baseline SS = 0.620; P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS

As a risk score combining both anatomical and clinical variables, SS-II demonstrated superiority compared with the purely angiographic SS to predict 2-year mortality in a clinical population of patients with severe CAD undergoing temporary PCI.