Coronary angiography

Prognostic significance of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes and need for early revascularization therapy

“…Extent score was thus defined as the sum of individual segment scores. Coronary atherosclerosis severity was assessed using the Gensini score, which grades the narrowing of coronary artery lumens as: 1 for 1–25% narrowing, 2 for 26–50%, 4 for 51–75%, 8 for 76–90%, 16 for 91–99%, and 32 for total occlusion [21]. This score was then multiplied by a factor that reflects the importance of the lesion in the coronary arterial tree.…”

Coronariografía: Aspectos técnicos y utilidad clínica

“…Los criterios de valoración anatómica varían asimismo según los laboratorios 4 , 14 • Nosotros utilizamos una modificación de los de Fuertes y cols. 13…”