Neutrophils and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes and/or cardiac revascularization: A systematic review on more than 34,000 subjects

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-599

  Guasti, Luigina ^a   Dentali, Francesco ^a   Castiglioni, Luana ^a   Maroni, Lorenzo ^a   Marino, Franca ^a   Squizzato, Alessandro ^a   Ageno, Walter ^a   Gianni, Monica ^a   Gaudio, Giovanni ^a   Grandi, Anna M ^a   Cosentino, Marco ^a   Venco, Achille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Neutrophils; Outcome; Revascularization; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART REINFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; NEUTROPHILIA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053191610     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-02-0096     Document Type: Review

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