Low lymphocyte ratio as a novel prognostic factor in acute heart failure: Results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF study

Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-196

  Milo Cotter, Olga ^a   Teerlink, John R ^c   Metra, Marco ^f   Felker, G Michael ^b   Ponikowski, Piotr ^g   Voors, Adriaan A ^h   Edwards, Christopher ^a   Weatherley, Beth Davison ^a   Greenberg, Barry ^d   Filippatos, Gerassimos ⁱ   Unemori, Elaine ^e   Teichman, Sam L ^e   Cotter, Gad ^a  

^a Momentum Research Inc   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of Brescia ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Lymphocytes; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; RELAXIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RELAXIN;

EID: 78349276188     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321416     Document Type: Article

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