title: In-hospital revascularization and one-year outcome of acute coronary syndrome patients stratified by the GRACE risk score.
abstract: In the prospective, multicenter Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes Registry, in-hospital revascularization was independently associated with better 1-year survival only among patients with high-risk non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes stratified by the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score; similar benefits were not observed in the low- and intermediate-risk groups. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score appears to be a useful risk stratification tool that identifies high-risk patients for whom more aggressive treatment is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Raymond T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Kim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Eagle
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Granger
authors.forename: Omar H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Dabbous
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fitchett
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grima
authors.forename: Anatoly
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: Shaun G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome