Pre-procedural elevated white blood cell count and neutrophil- lymphocyte (N/L) ratio are predictors of ventricular arrhythmias during percutaneous coronary intervention

Cardiovascular and Hematological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 58-60

  Chatterjee, Saurav ^a   Chandra, Preeti ^a   Guha, Gunjan ^b   Kalra, Vikas ^c   Chakraborty, Anasua ^d   Frankel, Robert ^a   Shani, Jacob ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutrophil Lymphocyte (N L ratio); PCI; Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia; WBC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 83455172406     PISSN: 1871529X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152911798346981     Document Type: Article

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