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Relation of an elevated white blood cell count after percutaneous coronary intervention to long-term mortality.

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Rajagopal, V; Gurm, HS; Bhatt, DL; Lincoff, AM; Tcheng, JE; Kereiakes, DJ; Kleiman, NS; Jia, G; Topol, EJ
Published in: Am J Cardiol
July 15, 2004

Increased inflammatory markers are associated with a poor prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention. Leukocytes play a key role in inflammation, and an increase in white blood cell (WBC) counts is a nonspecific marker of inflammation. In patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, baseline WBC counts independently predict long-term mortality. In a pooled cohort of patients from the Evaluation of c7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications (EPIC), the Evaluation in PTCA to Improve Long-term Outcome with abciximab Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade (EPILOG), and Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa inhibitor for STENTing (EPISTENT) trials, postprocedural WBC counts were also found to be an independent predictor of long-term mortality.

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Am J Cardiol

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ISSN

0002-9149

Publication Date

July 15, 2004

Volume

94

Issue

2

Start / End Page

190 / 192

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Survival Analysis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Prognosis
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Humans
 

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Rajagopal, V., Gurm, H. S., Bhatt, D. L., Lincoff, A. M., Tcheng, J. E., Kereiakes, D. J., … Topol, E. J. (2004). Relation of an elevated white blood cell count after percutaneous coronary intervention to long-term mortality. Am J Cardiol, 94(2), 190–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.060
Rajagopal, Vivek, Hitinder S. Gurm, Deepak L. Bhatt, A Michael Lincoff, James E. Tcheng, Dean J. Kereiakes, Neal S. Kleiman, Gang Jia, and Eric J. Topol. “Relation of an elevated white blood cell count after percutaneous coronary intervention to long-term mortality.Am J Cardiol 94, no. 2 (July 15, 2004): 190–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.060.
Rajagopal V, Gurm HS, Bhatt DL, Lincoff AM, Tcheng JE, Kereiakes DJ, et al. Relation of an elevated white blood cell count after percutaneous coronary intervention to long-term mortality. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jul 15;94(2):190–2.
Rajagopal, Vivek, et al. “Relation of an elevated white blood cell count after percutaneous coronary intervention to long-term mortality.Am J Cardiol, vol. 94, no. 2, July 2004, pp. 190–92. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.060.
Rajagopal V, Gurm HS, Bhatt DL, Lincoff AM, Tcheng JE, Kereiakes DJ, Kleiman NS, Jia G, Topol EJ. Relation of an elevated white blood cell count after percutaneous coronary intervention to long-term mortality. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jul 15;94(2):190–192.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Cardiol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9149

Publication Date

July 15, 2004

Volume

94

Issue

2

Start / End Page

190 / 192

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Survival Analysis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Prognosis
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Humans