What are the short-term risks of death and nonfatal cardiac ischemic events in UA or NSTEMI?
Estimation of the short-term risks of death and nonfatal cardiac ischemic events in UA or NSTEMI is a complex multivariable problem that cannot be fully specified in a table such as this. However, Table 2 provides a general overview of the risk factors for death or nonfatal MI in patients with UA/NSTEMI. It divides patients into high risk, intermediate risk, and low risk categories based on certain features such as history, characteristics of pain, clinical findings, ECG changes, and cardiac markers. Patients with high-risk features have the highest short-term risk of death or nonfatal MI, while those with intermediate-risk features have an intermediate risk, and those with low-risk features have the lowest risk.