A bedside prediction tool predicted all cause mortality 6 months after discharge for acute coronary syndrome

Predictors Hazard ratio (95% CI) Derivation cohort Validation cohort All patients with ACS Age per 10 y increase 1.8 (1.6 to 1.9) 1.7 (1.5 to 1.9) 1.7 (1.6 to 1.8) History of myocardial infarction 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) 1.4 (1.2 to 1.6) History of congestive heart failure 2.2 (1.8 to 2.6) 2.0 (1.5 to 2.7) 2.1 (1.8 to 2.5) Pulse per 30/min increase 1.3 (1.2 to 1.4) 1.4 (1.2 to 1.7) 1.3 (1.2 to 1.5) Systolic blood pressure per 20 mm Hg decrease 1.1 (1.08 to 1.2) 1.0 (0.9 to 1.2) 1.1 (1.06 to 1.2) Initial serum creatinine concentration per 1 mg/dl increase 1.2 (1.1 to 1.24) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.23) Initial cardiac enzyme elevation 1.6 (1.4 to 1.9) 1.5 (1.2 to 2.0) 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) ST segment depression 1.4 (1.2 to 1.7) 1.6 (1.3 to 2.1) 1.5 (1.3 to 1.7) No inhospital PCI 1.6 (1.2 to 2.0) 1.5 (1.1 to 2.1) 1.9 (1.3 to 1.9) *PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.