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Welcome to Cardiovascular Health Measurement Scales Wiki
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As part of her contribution to the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference 2012 (ISSOTL12) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Margaret MacDougall designed a poster on the Cardiovascular Measurement Scales Wiki project. This poster informed discussions that took place during the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Pre-ISSOTL Workshop. The project work . . . Read more
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iPhone or Android Apps and corresponding risk scales JBS3 Heart Risk Apps (JBS3 – iPhone and android apps) iCalcRisk (“based on the UK JBS2 (BNF) rules” – iPhone app) CV Risk Calculator (Framingham – iPhone app) Framingham Risk Calculator (Framingham – Android app) Stethoscore (SCORE – iphone app) ASCVD Risk Estimator (ASCVD – iPhone app) ASCVD . . . Read more
Special thanks to the following individuals who have helped in the construction of this Wiki Professor Keith Fox British Heart Foundation and Duke of Edinburgh Professor of CardiologyProfile page – provision of advice on current developments in cardiovascular health measurement scales Dr Martin DenvirSenior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant CardiologistUniversity of EdinburghEdinburgh, . . . Read more
Secondary prevention of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Scales that estimate benefit Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score – 2000 Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score – 1999 Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in Unstable angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin (PURSUIT) risk score – 1999 Scales that estimate risk (no known scale) . . . Read more
Objectives TIMI Assessing risk of mortality, recurrent MI of patients with acute coronary syndrome GRACE Assessing risk of in-hospital death of patients with acute coronary syndrome Pursuit Assessing risk of 30-day mortality or infarction of patients with acute coronary syndrome Variables TIMI (1 point for each) Age > 65 >3 . . . Read more
Note: Framingham Risk Score has multiple versions that predicts different outcomes and is one of the first scores to be developed in this category. ASSIGN was developed by Scotland because it was found that the Framingham score developed using population studies from the US overestimates risk in the UK. Also, . . . Read more
Types of open-heart surgery: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) Heart valve repair or replacement (aortic or mitral valve) Congenital heart defect repair Heart muscle disease surgery Pericarditis surgery Objectives The Ontario scoring system (source: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/91/3/677.long) For predicting risk of mortality, ICU length of stay, and overall PostOp length of stay following . . . Read more