Cleveland, OH - Killip class is a powerful independent predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with non-ST-elevation ACS and should receive particular attention in these patients, a new study ...

The Killip Classification is frequently used during acute myocardial infarction. First published in 1967, this system focuses on physical examination and the development of heart failure to predict ...

Despite increased reliance on sophisticated laboratory studies to assess cardiac risk, evidence increasingly suggests that assessment by physical examination for the presence or absence of heart ...