Association of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with presence of isolated coronary artery ectasia

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Işik, Turgay ^a   Ayhan, Erkan ^a   Uyarel, Hüseyin ^b   Tanboǧa, Ibrahim Halil ^c   Kurt, Mustafa ^c   Uluganyan, Mahmut ^d   Ergelen, Mehmet ^b   Eksik, Abdurrahman ^d  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Cardiology Erzurum Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^d Dr Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary vessel anomalies complications; Coronary vessels pathology; Dilatation, pathologic; Lymphocytes; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876743075     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2013.17003     Document Type: Article

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