Utility of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in predicting long-term outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-438

  Uthamalingam, Shanmugam ^a,c   Patvardhan, Eshan A ^b   Subramanian, Sharath ^a   Ahmed, Waleed ^a   Martin, William ^c   Daley, Marilyn ^c   Capodilupo, Robert ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New England Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 78951494513     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.09.039     Document Type: Article

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