Should patients with acute coronary disease be stratified for management according to their risk? Derivation, external validation and outcomes using the updated GRACE risk score

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Fox, Keith A A ^a   FitzGerald, Gordon ^b   Puymirat, Etienne ^c,d,e,f   Huang, Wei ^b   Carruthers, Kathryn ^a   Simon, Tabassome ^g,h,i,j,k   Coste, Pierre ⁿ   Monsegu, Jacques ^l   Steg, Philippe Gabriel ^e,h,m   Danchin, Nicolas ^c,d,e,f   Anderson, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^g HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^l University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^m BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ INSERM U 698 ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL REGISTRY OF ACUTE CORONARY EVENTS RISK SCORE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PULSE RATE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATININE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896829244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004425     Document Type: Article

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