Purpose: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is common in frail elderly patients and decision-making regarding interventional or conservative management is commonly based upon a clinician's subjective assessment of the patient. Frailty is increasingly recognised as a clinical condition associated with increased mortality but is often omitted from risk scores. This study (FATE-ACS) assessed the predictive power of a simple frailty score in identifying ACS patients approaching end-of-life by. Methods: Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected for consecutive, unselected ACS patients admitted to cardiology or medical wards at three interventional centres. Conventional cardiovascular risk stratification was performed using the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score and New York PCI score. Frailty was assessed using the Canadian Study of Health and palliative care needs assessed using the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) score. The primary end-point was Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE), a composite of death and revascularization at 30 days. Results: 355 patients were recruited within the first three months of study period (Nov 2012 - Jan 2013) across the three centres. For all patients the median age was 68 years (58-77), BMI 28 (25-29-YZ) and 246 (69x%) were males. 56 (16%) had unstable angina, 143 (41%) Non ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and 156 (43%) ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 300 (80%) patients had diagnostic angiography, revealing three vessel disease in 30%, and left main stem disease in 12%. 37 (11%) patients experienced a MACE at 30 days, of which 16 (4.5%) died. Of all risk stratification tools tested, only a positive GSF score was significantly associated with adverse events (HR 1.9:1.2-2-9; p=0.03; AUC 0.70), independent of age, left ventricular ejection fraction and diagnosis of three vessel disease. Conclusion: Our interim analysis indicates that positive GSF score, but not Canadian frailty or GRACE scores provides independent prediction of short term clinical outcomes in ACS patients. Further data collection and analyses are being performed and we will present final study results of 800 patients (powered for primary endpoint) at ESC Congress in August/September 2013 at Amsterdam.

Frailty assessment as a prognostic tool in elderly acute coronary syndrome patients to identify those approaching end-of-life: results from prospective multicenter fate-acs study

D'ASCENZO, FABRIZIO;GAITA, Fiorenzo;
2013-01-01

Abstract

Purpose: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is common in frail elderly patients and decision-making regarding interventional or conservative management is commonly based upon a clinician's subjective assessment of the patient. Frailty is increasingly recognised as a clinical condition associated with increased mortality but is often omitted from risk scores. This study (FATE-ACS) assessed the predictive power of a simple frailty score in identifying ACS patients approaching end-of-life by. Methods: Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected for consecutive, unselected ACS patients admitted to cardiology or medical wards at three interventional centres. Conventional cardiovascular risk stratification was performed using the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score and New York PCI score. Frailty was assessed using the Canadian Study of Health and palliative care needs assessed using the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) score. The primary end-point was Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE), a composite of death and revascularization at 30 days. Results: 355 patients were recruited within the first three months of study period (Nov 2012 - Jan 2013) across the three centres. For all patients the median age was 68 years (58-77), BMI 28 (25-29-YZ) and 246 (69x%) were males. 56 (16%) had unstable angina, 143 (41%) Non ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and 156 (43%) ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 300 (80%) patients had diagnostic angiography, revealing three vessel disease in 30%, and left main stem disease in 12%. 37 (11%) patients experienced a MACE at 30 days, of which 16 (4.5%) died. Of all risk stratification tools tested, only a positive GSF score was significantly associated with adverse events (HR 1.9:1.2-2-9; p=0.03; AUC 0.70), independent of age, left ventricular ejection fraction and diagnosis of three vessel disease. Conclusion: Our interim analysis indicates that positive GSF score, but not Canadian frailty or GRACE scores provides independent prediction of short term clinical outcomes in ACS patients. Further data collection and analyses are being performed and we will present final study results of 800 patients (powered for primary endpoint) at ESC Congress in August/September 2013 at Amsterdam.
2013
Esc Congress 2013
Amsterdam
31/08/2013-04/09/2013
34 ( Abstract Supplement)
559
560
http://spo.escardio.org/abstract-book/presentation.aspx?id=118527
C. Moretti; S. Fenning; Y. Parviz; J. Gunn; F. D'Ascenzo; F. Giusto; F. Gaita; N. Lane; J. Iqbal; M. Denvir
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