TY - JOUR ID - 10384 TI - Relationship between Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio and the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization JO - Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine JA - JCTM LA - en SN - 2345-2447 AU - Iranirad, Leili AU - Sadeghi, Mohammadsaleh AU - Ahmadi, Marzieh AU - Heidari, Akram AU - Doostali, Kobra AD - Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran AD - General Practitioner, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran AD - General Practitioner, Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran AD - Community Medicine Specialist, Department of Community Medicine, Spiritual Health Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 246 EP - 250 KW - Acute coronary syndrome KW - Coronary Artery Disease KW - Cardiac catheterization KW - Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio DO - 10.22038/jctm.2018.27253.1148 N2 - Introduction: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is considered as an independent predictor of long-term prognosis in the individual patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). This study sought to assess the relationship between NLR and CAD severity in Iranian patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.Material and Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 500 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) presented to Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom, Iran, for admission and underwent cardiac catheterization between March 2015 and May 2017. The patients were assigned into three groups of high NLR (more than 3), intermediate NLR (between 2 and 3), and low NLR (less than 2). Then the CAD severity and its relationship with NLR were assessed.Results: According to the results, there was a significant difference between the groups in terms of CAD severity (P<0.001), and high NLR was independently associated with more severe CAD.Conclusion: Given the results of this study, high NLR was associated with CAD severity. UR - https://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_10384.html L1 - https://jctm.mums.ac.ir/article_10384_69e6d86ed494998f6adefea17441b2ac.pdf ER -