Impact of the CABG SYNTAX score on all-cause death at 10 years: a SYNTAX Extended Survival (SYNTAXES) substudy

Introduction The anatomical SYNTAX score (SS) has been considered an important tool in the quantitative assessment of the complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) and in facilitating the risk stratification of patients undergoing revascularisation. However, the anatomical SS, obtained prior to revascularisation, has been shown not to be associated with short- and long-term clinical outcomes in patients who received coronary artery bypass...