Multicentre Retrospective Study to Understand Anti-thrombotic Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Patients

A Multicentre Retrospective Study to Understand Anti-thrombotic Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Patients in India

TRACE is a Multicentre Retrospective Study planned to gather follow up data for a period of 1 year in order to understand anti-thrombotic management patterns and outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome patients in India.

This retrospective study is designed to provide a rapid and quick analysis of the existing database of ACS patients. So as to ensure quality check in the study, a pilot study will be conducted with around 500 patients at 10 centres across India and based on the meaningful results of the pilot study, full retrospective multi-centric study will be initiated at various selected centres across India. This study will use available registry data from a defined time period of Jan 2007-Dec 2009.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of the age of 18 years or older and hospitalized for ACS within the previous 3 years.
• Diagnosis of STEMI, NSTEMI or UA using Standard and Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

Exclusion Criteria:

• UA, STEMI and NSTEMI precipitated by or as a complication of surgery, trauma, or GI bleeding or post-PCI.
• UA, STEMI and NSTEMI occurring in patients already hospitalized for other reasons