The value of the Duke treadmill score in predicting the presence and severity of coronary artery disease

Gunaydin Z. Y., Bektas O., Gurel Y. E., Karagoz A., Kaya A., Kiris T., ...More

KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA, vol.74, no.2, pp.127-134, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 74 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5603/kp.a2015.0143
  • Journal Name: KARDIOLOGIA POLSKA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.127-134
  • Keywords: Duke treadmill score, SYNTAX score, coronary artery disease, coronary angiography, exercise treadmill testing, HIGH-RISK, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, INFLAMMATION, ANGIOGRAPHY, GUIDELINES, MANAGEMENT, COMPLEXITY
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background and aim: We aimed to investigate the role of the Duke treadmill score (DTS) in predicting the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) by using the SYNTAX score (SS), and also to determine the cut-off value of DTS for both the presence and severity of CAD.