Leili Pourafkari1, Christopher K Wang1, Arezou Tajlil2, Ata H Afshar3, Michael Schwartz1, Nader D Nader1. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. 2. Department name is Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 3. Department of Anesthesiology, Rhode Island General Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Abstract
AIM: To examine the role of the ratios of platelet or neutrophil to lymphocyte count (PLR or NLR) in predicting hospital death and long-term mortality in acute heart failure (AHF). Methods & materials: The records of 554 admissions from 354 patients discharged from VAWNY with AHF between 2011 and 2015 were reviewed. The associations between admission PLR or NLR and hospital and long-term mortality were assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: PLR was similar regarding hospital mortality. Long-term mortality was higher in the third tertile PLR (PLR >210; p = 0.034). Neither PLR nor NLR was an independent predictor of mortality. CONCLUSION: Although higher PLR was associated with long-term mortality, it failed to independently predict the prognosis of AHF.
AIM: To examine the role of the ratios of platelet or neutrophil to lymphocyte count (PLR or NLR) in predicting hospital death and long-term mortality in acute heart failure (AHF). Methods & materials: The records of 554 admissions from 354 patients discharged from VAWNY with AHF between 2011 and 2015 were reviewed. The associations between admission PLR or NLR and hospital and long-term mortality were assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: PLR was similar regarding hospital mortality. Long-term mortality was higher in the third tertile PLR (PLR >210; p = 0.034). Neither PLR nor NLR was an independent predictor of mortality. CONCLUSION: Although higher PLR was associated with long-term mortality, it failed to independently predict the prognosis of AHF.
Authors: Bianca Dahlen; Andreas Schulz; Sebastian Göbel; Sven-Oliver Tröbs; Sören Schwuchow-Thonke; Henri M Spronk; Jürgen H Prochaska; Natalie Arnold; Karl J Lackner; Tommaso Gori; Hugo Ten Cate; Thomas Münzel; Philipp S Wild; Marina Panova-Noeva Journal: ESC Heart Fail Date: 2021-05-03