The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65(06): 457DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603624 Letter to the Editor Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkThe Prognostic Role of SYNTAX Score in Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Puzzle Authors Author Affiliations Levent Cerit 1 Department of Cardiology, Dr. Suat Günsel Girne University, Kyrenia, Cyprus Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article(opens in new window) All articles of this category(opens in new window) Letter to:Reply by the Authors of the Original Article: SYNTAX Score and Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after BypassThorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65(06): 458-459DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603623 Full Text References References 1 Anantha Narayanan M, Aggarwal S, Reddy YN. , et al. Surgical repair of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation—a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; [Epub ahead of print] 2 Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. Available at: www.americanheart.org ; Accessed August 28, 2016 3 Sianos G, Morel MA, Kappetein AP. , et al. The SYNTAX Score: an angiographic tool grading the complexity of coronary artery disease. EuroIntervention 2005; 1 (02) 219-227 4 Uçar H, Gür M, Börekçi A. , et al. Relationship between extent and complexity of coronary artery disease and different left ventricular geometric patterns in patients with coronary artery disease and hypertension. Anatol J Cardiol 2015; 15 (10) 789-794 5 Obeid S, Attinger-Toller A, Taramasso M. , et al. SYNTAX score II in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous mitral repair with the MitraClip. Int J Cardiol 2017; 236: 375-380