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List of scales: Seattle Heart Failure Model (SHFM) – 2006 IMPACT 2 Model Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Registry (ADHERE model) – 2010 MUSIC risk score – 2009

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List of scales: UK CABG Bayes risk scoring system

List of scales: CHADS2 score

List of scales: Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score – since 1984 Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score – since 1999 PURSUIT risk score – 2000

Background info: Validation Methods To validate a particular type of score, longitudinal prospective studies are often conducted. The observed values or natural incidences of cardiovascular diseases in a sample population is compared with the predicted Statistical methods of comparing the predicted and observed values are discussed below. Calibration  The calibration . . . Read more

Background info: Re-calibration methods It is inevitable that a scale degenerated from one population will predict inaccurately when applied directly to an ethnically distinct group of people (e.g. Caucasians and Asians) However, it will be financially draining if a separate scale were to be degenerated for each individual type of . . . Read more

The concepts scale and score are often confused, as they are closely related. The distinction between these two concepts is highlighted within this Wiki. However, one may often find them used interchangeably in other resources on health measurement scales, thus giving rise to confusion. Background info: Scale and Score Scale In this Wiki, scales . . . Read more

Scale and Score  Re-calibration methods  Validation methods Calibration Discrimination