Total leucocyte count, but not C-reactive protein, predicts 1-year mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with percutaneous coronary intervention

Clinical Science

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 651-658

  Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Braun, Siegmund ^a   Iijima, Raisuke ^a   Keta, Dritan ^a   Byrne, Robert A ^a   Schulz, Stefanie ^a   Mehilli, Julinda ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a,b   Kastrati, Adnan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Leucocyte; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Statin; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CORONARY STENT; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949122549     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080298     Document Type: Article

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