Abstract
Editorial referring to the article: Validation of the Grace Risk Score to Predict In-Hospital and 6-Month Post-Discharge Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is the most common cause of death worldwide. Nevertheless, ACS represents a heterogenous group of diseases, encompassing since low-risk unstable angina (30-day mortality below 1%), until patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and cardiogenic shock (30-day mortality around 50%). Multivariable prediction models have been developed to classify short-term and long-term risk of [...]
Highlights
Neves et al.,[3] analyzed the performance of GRACE score in 160 patients admitted for ACS in a single center in Brazil
Other risk models have been developed, as the one developed by the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR®), whose accuracy can be further improved by the continuous use of a very large and diverse database.[8,9]
Original derivation and validation studies in patients with ACS; validated in patients with chest pain
Summary
Neves et al.,[3] analyzed the performance of GRACE score in 160 patients admitted for ACS in a single center in Brazil. Patients with STEMI usually receive a standard level of care and changes in the approach are made more due to complications (e.g. cardiogenic shock) than to risk scores. Silva & Lopes Risk Scores for Patients with ACS
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