Emrah ÇELİK, Aylin ERKEK, Onur KARAKAYALI, Bora KAYA, Yilmaz Muhittin SERKAN

Determınatıon of The Validity and Reliability of Chest Pain Risk Stratification Scores in Elderly Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome in The Emergency Department

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to investigate whether GRACE, TIMI, and HEART scores were reliable in predicting the major cardiac events (MACE) for six weeks of duration in patients older than 65 years, who were followed-up with the suspicion of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS: This single-center prospective observational study included patients over the age of 65 years who had presented to the emergency department (ED) of a tertiary hospital with acute chest pain. The development of MACE that had occurred within 6 weeks following the ED admission was evaluated RESULTS: A total of 181 patients were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 73.9 years, and 61.9% were male. During six weeks of follow-up, MACE developed in 22 (12%) patients. MACE was observed in one (6.6%) of 15 patients with a HEART score of ≤ 3 points, in 6 (11.3%) of 53 patients with a TIMI score of ≤ 2 points, and in 4 (8.7%) of 46 patients with a GRACE score of

Göğüs Ağrısı İle Acil Servise Başvuran Akut Koroner Sendrom Şüphesi Olan Yaşlı Hastaların Değerlendirilmesinde Risk Skorlamalarının Geçerliliği ve Güvenilirliği

GİRİŞ ve AMAÇ: Göğüs ağrısı ile acil servise başvuran akut koroner sendrom (AKS) düşülerek takip edilen 65 yaş üzeri hastalarda 6 haftalık major kardiyak olay (MACE) görülme oranlarını ön görmede GRACE, TIMI, HEART skorlarının güvenli olup olmadığının araştırılmasıdır. YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: Bu tek merkezli prospektif gözlemsel çalışmaya 6 aylık dönemde 3. basamak eğitim araştırma hastanesi acil servisine göğüs ağrısı ile başvuran akut koroner sendrom düşünülen 65 yaş üzeri hastalar dahil edildi. Tüm hastalar için GRACE, TIMI, HEART skorları hesaplandı. İlk başvurudan itibaren 6 hafta içinde hastalardaki MACE gelişimi değerlendirildi. BULGULAR: Çalışmaya 181 hasta dahil edildi. Araştırmada yer alan hastaların ortalama yaşı 73.9 ve % 61.9’u erkekti. Hastaların 22’sinde (% 12.2) altı haftalık takip sonucunda MACE tespit edildi. HEART skoru ≤ 3 olan 15 hastanın 1’inde (%6.6), TIMI skoru ≤ 2 olan 53 hastanın 6’sında (%11.3) ve GRACE skoru

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