TY - JOUR T1 - Predicting freedom from clinical events in non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events JF - Heart JO - Heart DO - 10.1136/hrt.2008.153387 AU - David Brieger AU - Keith A A Fox AU - Gordon FitzGerald AU - Kim A Eagle AU - Andrzej Budaj AU - Alvaro Avezum AU - Christopher B Granger AU - Bernadette Costa AU - Frederick A Anderson AU - Philippe Gabriel Steg Y1 - 2009/02/25 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2009/02/25/hrt.2008.153387.abstract N2 - Objective: To identify patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) with a low likelihood of any adverse in-hospital event. Design, setting, and patients: Data were analysed from 24 097 patients with NSTEMI or unstable angina included in the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (January 2001 to September 2007). Main outcome measures: In-hospital events were myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure or shock, major bleeding, stroke or death. Two-thirds of the patients were randomly chosen for model development and the remainder for model validation. Multiple logistic regression identified predictors of freedom from an in-hospital event, and a Freedom-from-Event score was developed. Results: Of the 16 127 patients in the model development group, 19.1% experienced an in-hospital adverse event. Fifteen factors independently predicted freedom from an adverse event: younger age; lower Killip class; unstable angina presentation; no hypotension; no ST deviation; no cardiac arrest at presentation; normal creatinine; decreased pulse rate; no hospital transfer; no history of diabetes, heart failure, peripheral arterial disease, or atrial fibrillation; prehospital use of statins, and no chronic warfarin. In the validation group, 18.6% experienced an adverse event. The model discriminated well between patients experiencing an in-hospital event and those who did not in both derivation and validation groups (C-statistic=0.77 in both). Patients in the three lowest risk deciles had a very low in-hospital mortality rate (<0.5%) and an uncomplicated clinical course (>93% event-free in hospital). The model also predicted freedom from post-discharge events (death, myocardial infarction, stroke; C-statistic=0.77). Conclusions: The GRACE Freedom-from-Event score can predict the in-hospital course of NSTE-ACS, and identifies up to 30% of the admitted population at low risk of death or any adverse in-hospital event. ER -