Role of central obesity in risk stratification after an acute coronary event: Does central obesity add prognostic value to the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score in patients with acute coronary syndrome?
Background: Accurate risk stratification is an important step in the initial management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and current guidelines recommend the use of risk scores, such as the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score (GRACE RS). Recent studies have suggested that abdominal...
Main Authors: | Albino Martins, Sílvia Ribeiro, Pierre Gonçalves, Adelino Correia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-10-01
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Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255113001698 |
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