Impact of preprocedural white blood cell count on long term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the EPIC, EPILOG, and EPISTENT trials

Authors :: Gurm, HS
Bhatt, DL
Lincoff, AM
Tcheng, JE
Kereiakes, DJ
Kleiman, NS
Jia, G
Topol, EJ
Source :: Heart. October 2003, Vol. 89 Issue 10, p1200, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: Background: Raised inflammatory markers are associated with worse outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). An increase in the white blood cell (WBC) count is a non-specific response to inflammation. We [...]

Subjects :: Physiological aspects
Patient outcomes
Blood cell count -- Physiological aspects
Angiography -- Physiological aspects
Inflammation -- Physiological aspects -- Patient outcomes
White blood cell count -- Physiological aspects
Coronary angiography -- Physiological aspects
Statistics (Data) -- Physiological aspects
Statistics -- Physiological aspects

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