Gensini score

Gensini score is a widely used means of quantifying angiographic atherosclerosis,[1] where a zero score indicates absence of atherosclerotic disease.[2] The Gensini score accounts for the degree of artery narrowing as well as locations of narrowing.[3]

References

Neeland IJ, Patel RS, Eshtehardi P, Dhawan S, McDaniel MC, Rab ST, Vaccarino V, Zafari AM, Samady H, Quyyumi AA (2012). "Coronary angiographic scoring systems: an evaluation of their equivalence and validity". American Heart Journal. 164 (4): 457–552. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2012.07.007. PMC 3913177. PMID 23067913.
Gensini GG (1983). "A more meaningful scoring system for determining the severity of coronary heart disease". The American Journal of Cardiology. 51 (3): 606. PMID 6823874.
Thiriet, Marc (2015). Diseases of the Cardiac Pump. Springer. p. 402. ISBN 9783319126647. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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[pmid23067913-1] Neeland IJ, Patel RS, Eshtehardi P, Dhawan S, McDaniel MC, Rab ST, Vaccarino V, Zafari AM, Samady H, Quyyumi AA (2012). "Coronary angiographic scoring systems: an evaluation of their equivalence and validity". American Heart Journal. 164 (4): 457–552. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2012.07.007. PMC 3913177. PMID 23067913.

[pmid6823874-2] Gensini GG (1983). "A more meaningful scoring system for determining the severity of coronary heart disease". The American Journal of Cardiology. 51 (3): 606. PMID 6823874.

[3] Thiriet, Marc (2015). Diseases of the Cardiac Pump. Springer. p. 402. ISBN 9783319126647. Retrieved 20 September 2018.