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
Why the study?
Does the updated GRACE risk score (2.0) improve risk discrimination compared to the previous score in patients with acute coronary disease?
Population
Patients with acute coronary disease
Comparison
Updated GRACE risk score (GRACE 2.0) vs Previous GRACE risk score based on linear…
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support refined ACS risk stratification; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does the updated GRACE risk score (2.0) improve risk discrimination compared to the previous score in patients with acute coronary disease?
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Population
Patients with acute coronary disease
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Intervention
Updated GRACE risk score (GRACE 2.0)
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Comparator
Previous GRACE risk score based on linear associations
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Outcome
Risk discrimination
The updated GRACE 2.0 risk score provides better discrimination than the previous version for risk stratifying patients with acute coronary disease.
Cite This Study
Fox et al. (2014) studied this question.