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The Impact Of Gender And Race When Using The Grace Acs Score To Predict Mortality, Ikechukwu Ogbu, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Sarah Wilson, Hossein Akhondi Jun 2023

The Impact Of Gender And Race When Using The Grace Acs Score To Predict Mortality, Ikechukwu Ogbu, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Sarah Wilson, Hossein Akhondi

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

Background

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) causes significant global morbidity and mortality and requires early risk stratification. The global registry of acute coronary events (GRACE) score is a well-known, validated risk stratification system that does not include race and gender. We aimed to assess whether the addition of gender and race could add to the predictability of the GRACE score model.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of 46 764 ACS patients from the files of a national healthcare system. We compared the predictability of the GRACE score in conjunction with gender and race versus the original GRACE score. Different …


What Is Chilaiditi Sign? A Case Report As Seen In A Patient With Acute Coronary Syndrome, Mina Guirguis, Jennifer Horawski, Sean Gibbs, Andrew Baird Jan 2023

What Is Chilaiditi Sign? A Case Report As Seen In A Patient With Acute Coronary Syndrome, Mina Guirguis, Jennifer Horawski, Sean Gibbs, Andrew Baird

South Atlantic Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.


Free-Floating Thrombus In The Right Coronary Artery Complicating Unstable Angina, Marc Lozano, Andrew Sephien, Qitan Huang, Aakash Patel Jan 2023

Free-Floating Thrombus In The Right Coronary Artery Complicating Unstable Angina, Marc Lozano, Andrew Sephien, Qitan Huang, Aakash Patel

West Florida Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.