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Barıs Yaylak1, Huseyin Ede, Erkan Baysal
1Department of Cardiology, Diyarbakir Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey. bryaylak@yahoo.com.
Background:
Acute inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with increased in-hospital morbidity and mortality particularly among patients with coexisting right ventricular (RV) involvement. High neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an independent predictor of major adverse cardiac events and mortality in patients with myocardial infarction. This study evaluated the relationship between the NLR and RV dysfunction (RVD) in patients with inferior STEMI who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Methods:
A total of 213 subjects with inferior STEMI were divided into two groups according to the presence of RVD. The groups were compared according to NLR and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to access the predictability of NLR on having RVD.
Results:
The NLR was significantly higher in the group with RVD compared to that without RVD (p < 0.001). In ROC analysis, NLR > 3.5 predicted RVD with sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 55%. In a multivariate regression analysis, NLR remained an independent predictor of RVD (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.285-1.750, p < 0.001).
Conclusions:
NLR was an independent predictor of RVD in patients with inferior STEMI undergoing primary PCI.
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