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Sponsor: Gulf Heart Association

Conditions: ACS

Interventions: Observational registry with no intervention.

Countries: Kuwait

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the most common presentation of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). It causes significant morbidity and mortality. The Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE) was conducted in 2007 and filled a wide gap in our understanding of ACS and its management in Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf region. However, the management of ACS has undergone tremendous advances over the last two decades involving pharmacotherapy and device therapy. Practice guidelines have also changed over the last decade. For example, in 2007, there was no catheterization laboratory in any of the general hospitals in Kuwait, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was not being practiced, and the rate of in-hospital cardiac catheterization for all ACS patients was very low at around 10%. Currently, of the eight general hospitals in Kuwait, six have catheterization laboratories and five of the six serve as primary PCI centers. There is no contemporary ACS registry in Kuwait, studying its incidence, management, and influence of current changes in clinical practice on patients' outcomes. This multicentre disease-based, country-wide registry is guided by the American Heart Association policy statement for expanding the applications of existing and future clinical registries and the User's Guide published by the Agency for Health care Research and Quality guidance.