Heart Disease

Data on heart disease described by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Medical Department

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, September 5th, 2010

According to recent research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, "The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score uses clinical data to predict the short-term risk of acute myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization or death from any cause. It was originally developed for use in patients with unstable angina or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction."

"We sought to expand the clinical application of the TIMI risk score by assessing its prognostic accuracy in patients in the emergency department with potential acute coronary syndromes. We searched five electronic databases, hand-searched reference lists of included studies and...

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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2010-09-05)

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