[PDF] Top 20 External Validation of the ProACS Score for Risk Stratification of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

... our external validation cohort, the ProACS score showed reasonably good predictive ability, not only in the short term as demonstrated by the original validation, ... See full document

... value of GRACE risk score for making treatment decisions has been clearly demonstrated in patients with ...using the GRACE score for risk stratification in ... See full document

... All the scores showed moderate predictive accuracy for in-hospital all-cause ...However, the GRACE score had the best performance, with significantly better discrim- inative accuracy as ... See full document

... determinant of outcome in patients with ...associated with increased mortality after an ACS at six-month ...immediate stratification, and should be determined in all patients ... See full document

... that of TIMI risk score, both in ST-segment and non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction ...GRACE risk score to admission NT-proBNP had no incre- mental value over ... See full document

... study of consecutive patients admitted to our Intensive Care Unit with ACS (with and without ST-segment elevation) during the years 2008 through ...database of ACS ... See full document

... requires the additional meas- urement of cystatin C in blood tests and increases labora- tory costs only ...that the rou- tine implementation of this equation could improve risk ... See full document

... associated with worse outcome in both non- diabetic and diabetic ...an acute response to the hyperadrenergic state, with catecholamine release and induction of glycog- ...associated ... See full document

... targeting the least possible time delay from symptoms ...as the composite of death or nonfatal acute myocardial ...on the first day. For patients with infarction at study ... See full document

... understand the mechanisms of this paradox, we built a propensity model to identify potential determinants to the choice for the radial ...association with the radial access only, ... See full document

... from the possibility that there could be less variability of important predicting values within a very advanced age ...instance, the uniformity of advanced age in this sample may deprive this ... See full document

... implementation of risk stratification scores in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including their ...simple score for risk ... See full document

... in patients who reported previously documented high serum lipids, those under antidyslipidemic therapy or those with serum lipid profile meeting National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel ... See full document

... Accurate risk stratification is an important step in the initial management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and current guidelines recommend the use of risk ... See full document

... The short- and long-term prognoses were assessed based on primary adverse events: in-hospital death and 1-year death; in-hospital heart failure (Killip Class ≥ 2 and BNP ≥ 400 pg/mL) and 1-year follow-up (ejection ... See full document

... determine the independent predictors of in-hospital ...in the multivariate model were age, 70–79 years; age, $80 years; body mass index (BMI) $ 30; presence of chronic kidney disease stage $ ... See full document

... reviewed the laboratorycards of 200 analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) performed to evaluate acute alterations of consciousness in adult patients attended in a neurological ... See full document

... tients with NYHA class IV HF previously treated with long-term intermittent dobutamine ...rate of 10 ␮g/kg per min, levosi- mendan was added with a bolus dose of 6 ␮g/kg for 10 minutes ... See full document

... numbers of gene variants and different population settings have been validated in these trials, ranging from 13 to a few hundred ...all of these studies with positive association with adverse ... See full document

... collection of secondary data from medical ...211 patients with suspicion of ACS (AMI and unstable angina) were admitted to the emergency department of Maria Aparecida Pedrossian ... See full document