Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with severity of coronary artery ectasia

Angiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-151

  Sarli, Bahadir ^a   Baktir, Ahmet Oguz ^a   Saglam, Hayrettin ^a   Arinc, Huseyin ^a   Kurtul, Serkan ^a   Sivgin, Serdar ^b   Akpek, Mahmut ^b   Kaya, Mehmet G ^b  

^a Kayseri Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

coronary artery ectasia; inflammation; neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84891849967     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319713488932     Document Type: Article

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