SDMS CME Credit – The Association Between Postsystolic Index and SYNTAX Score in Hospitalized Patients With Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Article: The Association Between Postsystolic Index and SYNTAX Score in Hospitalized Patients With Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Authors: Maryam Nabati, MD, Samad Golshani, MD, Mohammad Rahmani, MD, Jamshid Yazdani, PhD, and Homa Parsaee, MSc

Category: Cardiac (Adult) [AE]

Credit: 0.75 SDMS CME Credit

Objectives: After studying the article, you should be able to:

• Define the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of myocardial ischemia.

• Recognize the value of speckle-tracking echocardiography.

• Discuss the scoring indexes used in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia.

1. Which of the following is an echocardiographic grading index used in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia?

2. Which of the following is an angiographic scoring system used in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia?

3. The average value of how many myocardial segments was considered as the peak global longitudinal strain (GLS)?

4. This cohort study from the article included how many male patients?

5. What was the most common risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) in this study cohort?

6. Which variable listed below was revealed to be an independent predictor of a high SYNTAX score?

7. What percentage of patients in this study had a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50% without any regional wall motion abnormalities?