Abstract:Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is the most common cause of death worldwide. 1 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 these patients (Table 1). For patients with the diagnosis of ACS, the TIMI risk score and… Show more
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