Relation Between Syntax Score and Complexity of Carotid Artery Disease

Abstract

Introduction: Carotid artery disease may cause severe constriction or complete occlusion in carotid arteries, it may not give any symptoms until it appears. In some people, stroke is the first finding of the disease. One of the most important causes of stroke is carotid artery stenosis and atherosclerosis causes a total of one third of the stroke. Atherosclerosis; It is a specific finding of both coronary and carotid artery disease.The relationship between carotid atherosclerotic diasease and coronary artery disease (CAD) have been in previous reports Aim: In this study, we aimed to show the relationship between the severity of the carotid artery stenosis(CAS) determined by angiography and the anatomical complexity of CAD assessed by SYNTAX Score (SS). Material and Methods: Our study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki Principles by obtaining the ethics committee approval dated 09.06.17 and numbered E.8640. A total of 45 patients with simultaneously carotid and coronary angiography performed were included in our study. SS, a marker of CAD complexity, was determined by dedicated computer software. The patients were divided into two groups according to the classification of SS: low SS (n=33, SS

Keywords

• carotis artery stenosis
• coronary artery disease
• constriction
• stroke
• syntaxscore
• karotis arter darlığı
• koroner arter hastalığı
• konstriksiyon
• i̇nme
• syntaks skoru