European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on April 17, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm084
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Barriers to clinical risk scores adoption
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Cardioangiologia, Epatologia (Padiglione 11), University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
* Corresponding author. Tel:/fax: +39 (0) 513 47290. E-mail address: raffaele.bugiardini@unibo.it
This editorial refers to ‘Risk scores for risk stratification in acute coronary syndromes: useful but simpler is not necessarily better’ by A.T. Yan et al., doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm004
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Variability in physician decision-making is evident from recent studies on acute coronary syndrome documenting substantial differences in the use of various cardiac procedures.1 Fundamental to decision-making is the recognition of the most powerful predictors of survival. It is essential for the cardiovascular specialists to attempt and define the appropriate indications for medications and procedures and to base these recommendations on data from clinical research studies whenever possible.
Clinical judgment
The essential feature of clinical judgment is that physicians do not act solely on an evidence basis or on an arbitrary basis. Clinical judgment combines personal clinical experience, published research, patient perspectives, and other insights. Clinical judgment, however, might be a flaw. Common elements that may produce errors include conflicting information,
Guidelines in clinical practice
Conflicting information
Clinical risk scores may run counter to established rules
Clinical value of the risk scores in patients without obstructive lesions
Additional barriers
Approaches that enhance adoption of risk scores
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