Prognostic Value of the Residual SYNTAX Score After Functionally Complete Revascularization in ACS. Kobayashi Y, Lønborg J, Jong A, Nishi T, De Bruyne B, Høfsten DE, Kelbæk H, Layland J, Nam CW, Pijls NHJ, Tonino PAL, Warnøe J, Oldroyd KG, Berry C, Engstrøm T, Fearon WF; DANAMI-3-PRIMULTI, FAME, and FAMOUS-NSTEMI Study Investigators. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Sep 18;72(12):1321-1329. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.06.069

Background 

The residual SYNTAX (Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) score (RSS) quantitatively assesses angiographic completeness of revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and has been shown to be a predictor of events after angiography-guided PCI. In stable patients undergoing functionally complete revascularization with fractional flow reserve (FFR) guidance, RSS did not predict outcome. Whether this is also true in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is unknown.