Predictors of preinterventional patency of infarct-related artery in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Importance of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and uric acid level

Şahin D. Y., Gür M., Elbasan Z., Yildiz A., Kaya Z., İçen Y. K., ...More

EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, vol.18, no.2, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Journal Name: EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Artery, Infarct, Lymphocyte, Neutrophil, TIMI, Uric acid, BLOOD-CELL COUNT, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON, PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, FLOW, REPERFUSION, MORTALITY, INTERVENTION, INFLAMMATION
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and a patent infarct-related artery (IRA) experience lower mortality and better clinical outcome, but little is known about the predictors of IRA patency before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the setting of STEMI.