Cardiology

GRACE ACS Risk Score

Name: GRACE ACS Risk Score | StudyPrometric Tools
Keywords: grace, acs, stemi, nstemi, heart attack, mortality, cardiology

Estimates 6-month mortality in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.

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Parameters

GRACE ACS Risk Score Result

Formula

Sum of points derived from Age, HR, SBP, Creatinine, Killip Class, Cardiac Arrest, ST Deviation, and Elevated Biomarkers.

Clinical Pearls

Helps risk-stratify patients presenting with NSTE-ACS to determine if an early invasive strategy (angiography) is warranted.

Limitations

Calculations are an approximation based on the categorical point system rather than the continuous nomogram function, though clinical interpretation remains highly accurate.