Significance of total and differential leucocyte count in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary coronary angioplasty

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2511-2515

  Mariani, Matteo ^a   Fetiveau, Raffaela ^a   Rossetti, Enrico ^a   Poli, Arnaldo ^a   Poletti, Fabrizio ^a   Vandoni, Pietro ^a   D'Urbano, Maurizio ^a   Cafiero, Francesco ^a   Mariani, Giuseppe ^a   Klersy, Catherine ^b   De Servi, Stefano ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Leucocytes; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ST SEGMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33750308465     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl191     Document Type: Article

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