News:Dr. Duane Pinto on SYNTAX

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(WikiDoc) -Cardiologists wanting to put the results of the SYNTAX trial into everyday practice should take great care in doing so, according to cardiologist Duane Pinto. "I'd be cautious in generalizing the results of this study to all patients with multi-vessel disease," Dr. Pinto says. "If you break down the MACE (Major Adverse Cardiac Events) components, there may be a reason to change what you're doing. But there may not be." Pinto says cardiologists should carefully analyze the endpoints the investigators used in the study. "Is coming back to the cath lab for another procedure the same as having a stroke?"