Prognostic Accuracy of the GRACE Score in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians with Acute Coronary Syndromes

Abstract Background: The GRACE Score was derived and validated from a cohort in which octogenarians and nonagenarians were poorly represented. Objective: To test the accuracy of the GRACE score in predicting in-hospital mortality of very elderly individuals with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Me...

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Main Authors: Antonio Mauricio dos Santos Cerqueira Junior, Luisa Gondim dos Santos Pereira, Thiago Menezes Barbosa de Souza, Vitor Calixto de Almeida Correia, Felipe Kalil Beirão Alexandre, Gabriella Sant’Ana Sodré, Jessica Gonzalez Suerdieck, Felipe Ferreira, Marcia Maria Noya Rabelo, Luis Cláudio Lemos Correia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2018-02-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2018005001101&lng=en&tlng=en