Inaccuracy of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction and Global Registry in Acute Coronary Events scores in predicting outcome in ED patients with potential ischemic chest pain

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine 2015-09, Vol.33 (9), p.1209-1212
• Main Authors: Boubaker, Hamdi, MD, Beltaief, Kaouther, MD, Grissa, Mohamed Habib, MD, Kerkeni, Wièm, MD, Dridi, Zohra, MD, Msolli, Mohamed Amine, MD, Chouchène, Hamdène, MD, Belaïd, Alia, MD, Chouchène, Hamadi, MD, Sassi, Mohamed, MD, Bouida, Wahid, MD, Boukef, Riadh, MD, Methemmem, Mehdi, MD, Marghli, Soudani, MD, Nouira, Semir, MD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Accuracy; Acute Coronary Syndrome - diagnosis; Acute coronary syndromes; Angina pectoris; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Chest Pain - diagnosis; Chest Pain - etiology; Clinical medicine; Confidence intervals; Coronary vessels; Data collection; Electrocardiography; Emergency; Emergency medical care; Emergency Service, Hospital; Family medical history; Female; Health risks; Heart attacks; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial infarction; Pain; Population; Prospective Studies; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Assessment - standards; ROC Curve; Studies; Triage - methods; Tunisia
• ISSN: 0735-6757; 1532-8171
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.05.019

Abstract Purpose The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) and the Global Registry in Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) scores were largely evaluated and validated in stratifying risk of cardiovascular events in patients with chest pain and acute coronary syndrome. Our objective was to compare these 2 scores in predicting outcome in emergency department (ED) patients with undifferentiated chest pain. Materials and methods This was a prospective cohort study including patients presenting to 4 EDs with chest pain with nondiagnostic or normal ECG. For all included patients (n = 3125), TIMI and GRACE scores were calculated. Follow-up was conducted at 30-day and 1-year post-ED index admission to identify major adverse events. Main outcome included all cause mortality, acute coronary syndrome, and coronary non-ED planned revascularization. Prognostic performance of the scores was assessed by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results We reported 285 (9.1%) major adverse events at 30 days and 436 (13.9%) at 1 year. In patients with low TIMI (≤ 2) and GRACE (< 109) scores, a significant proportion had major adverse events at 30 days (5% and 7.5%, respectively) and 1 year (7.9% and 12.9%, respectively). Area under ROC curve at 30 days was 0.66 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.62-0.71) vs 0.57 (95% CI, 0.53-0.62), respectively, for TIMI and GRACE scores. At 1 year, the area under ROC was 0.67 (95% CI, 0.62-0.71) and 0.65 (95% CI, 0.60-0.70), respectively, for TIMI and GRACE scores. Conclusions The TIMI and GRACE scores are not valid in short- and long-term risk stratification in our chest pain patients.