Prediction of Long-Term Mortality Based on Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

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Prediction of Long-Term Mortality Based on Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Am J Med Sci. 2016 May;351(5):467-472

Authors: Kim SC, Sun KH, Choi DH, Lee YM, Choi SW, Kang SH, Park KH, Song H

Abstract
BACKGROUND: The preprocedural neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is related to adverse outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. We hypothesized that high NLR is a predictor of cardiac death after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The objective of this investigation was to assess the associations of NLR, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) with the occurrence of cardiac death after PCI.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The NLR, hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP were analyzed in 372 patients who underwent PCI. The primary end point was cardiac death.
RESULTS: The median NLR was 2.3 (interquartile range: 1.5-4.1). There were 21 cardiac death events during a mean follow-up duration of 25.8 months. With the NLR cutoff level set to 3.3 using the receiver-operating characteristic curve, the sensitivity and specificity for differentiating between the group with cardiac death and the group without cardiac death were 85.7% and 59.3%, respectively. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the higher NLR group (≥3.3) had a significantly higher cardiac death rate than the lower NLR group (<3.3) (11.1% versus 1.4%, log-rank: P < 0.0001). This value was more useful in patients with heart failure (NT-proBNP ≥ 300ng/L) or myocardial injury (hs-cTnT ≥ 100ng/L).
CONCLUSIONS: The outcomes of the current study demonstrate that high NLR is a predictor of cardiac death after PCI, especially in patients with heart failure or myocardial injury.

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