2011
Impact of Leukocyte Count on Mortality and Bleeding in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Palmerini T, Mehran R, Dangas G, Nikolsky E, Witzenbichler B, Guagliumi G, Dudek D, Genereux P, Caixeta A, Rabbani L, Weisz G, Parise H, Fahy M, Xu K, Brodie B, Lansky A, Stone GW. Impact of Leukocyte Count on Mortality and Bleeding in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Circulation 2011, 123: 2829-2837. PMID: 21632496, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.110.985564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite blood cell countPeak creatinine phosphokinase levelCreatinine phosphokinase levelsPercutaneous coronary interventionST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionBaseline white blood cell countCoronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionIndependent predictorsNoncardiac mortalityCardiac mortalityMyocardial infarctionMajor bleedingHigher white blood cell countLower white blood cell countPropensity-adjusted multivariable analysisAcute Myocardial Infarction trialPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionMyocardial Infarction trialVentricular ejection fractionSubgroup of patientsBlood cell countHarmonizing OutcomesCause mortalityEjection fraction
2007
Relation Between Leucocyte Count, Myonecrosis, Myocardial Perfusion, and Outcomes Following Primary Angioplasty
Prasad A, Stone GW, Stuckey TD, Costantini CO, Mehran R, Garcia E, Tcheng JE, Cox DA, Grines CL, Lansky AJ, Gersh BJ. Relation Between Leucocyte Count, Myonecrosis, Myocardial Perfusion, and Outcomes Following Primary Angioplasty. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2007, 99: 1067-1071. PMID: 17437729, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.11.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCoronary AngiographyCoronary CirculationCreatine KinaseFemaleForecastingHumansLeukocyte CountLeukocytosisMaleMicrocirculationMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial ReperfusionProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSmokingSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPrimary PCIBaseline leukocyte countAcute myocardial infarctionHigh leukocyte countLeukocyte countMyocardial perfusionMyocardial blush grade 2/3Myocardial infarction (TIMI) flowMyocardial blush gradePredictors of mortalityPercutaneous coronary interventionNegative prognostic factorPeak creatine phosphokinaseBaseline leukocytosisCADILLAC trialBlush gradePrimary angioplastyCoronary interventionCurrent smokersIndependent predictorsPrognostic factorsReperfusion successClinical outcomesGrade 2/3