GRACE risk model

What is the GRACE risk model for patients with acute coronary syndrome?

The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk model uses eight variables to predict whether a patient hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome will die or have a myocardial infarction in the hospital or in the next 6 months. These variables are age, Killip class (a classification of the severity of heart failure with myocardial infarction), systolic arterial pressure, ST-segment deviation, cardiac arrest during presentation, serum creatinine concentration, elevated serum markers for myocardial necrosis, and heart rate.

The application tool is available at www.outcomes-umassmed.org/grace