TIMI Risk Score All-Cause Mortality, New or Recurrent Ml, or Severe Recurrent Ischemia Requiring Urgent Revascularization Through 14 d After Randomization. % scheme that enables a clinician to categorize a patient’s risk of risk of death and ischemic events at the critical initial evaluation. A promising clinical application of this score is identification of a […]
Introduction 1950′s: Clinical reports that transaminases released from dying myocytes could be detected via laboratory testing, aiding in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. The race to define clinical markers to aid in the diagnosis, prognosis, and risk stratification of patients with potential cardiovascular disease begins. Initial serum markers included AST, LDH, total CK and a-hydroxybutyrate. […]