Circulating white blood cell count correlates with left ventricular indices independently of the extent of risk area for myocardial infarction after successful reperfusion

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-539

  Uesugi, Tadahisa ^a   Iwasaki, Kohichiro ^c   Murakami, Masaaki ^a,c   Yamamoto, Keizo ^c   Kusachi, Shozo ^b   Murakami, Takashi ^a   Obika, Masanari ^a,c   Kamikawa, Shigeshi ^a,c   Miyoshi, Toru ^a   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Sakakibara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Inflammation; Ischaemic heart disease; Neutrophil; Ventriculography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; SYSTOLE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 4944228249     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.5.2005229     Document Type: Article

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