ACS	Acute Coronary Syndrome
AMI	Acute Myocardial Infarction
AUC	Area under the curve
AUROC	Area under the receiver operating characteristic
CAPRICORN	CArvedilol Post-infaRct survIval COntRolled evaluatioN
EPHESUS	Eplerenone in patients with heart failure due to systolic dysfunction complicating acute myocardial infarction
GRACE	Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events
GUSTO	Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
LASSO	Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator
MINAP	Myocardial Ischemia National Audit Project
NSTEMI	Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
NT-proBNP	N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide
OASIS	Oxford Acute Severity of Illness Score
OPTIMAAL	Optimal Therapy in Myocardial Infarction with the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan
PCI	Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PPCI	Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PURSUIT	Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in Unstable Angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin
ROC	Receiver operating characteristic
STEMI	ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
TIMI	Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction
VALIANT	VALsartan In Acute Myocardial Infarction
VIF	Variance Inflation Factor