Leukocytes and coronary heart disease

Michael Hoffman; Arnon Blum; Roni Baruch; Eli Kaplan; Moshe Benjamin

doi:10.1016/s0021-9150(03)00164-3

Leukocytes and coronary heart disease

Michael Hoffman, Arnon Blum, Roni Baruch, Eli Kaplan, Moshe Benjamin

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Abstract

Inflammation has been demonstrated to be an important risk factor for the development of cardiovascular events. Patients with elevated white blood cell counts have been shown to be in a higher risk of developing acute myocardial infarction and acute coronary and vascular events. We review the clinical data of high white blood cell counts and the prognosis, and demonstrate several possible mechanisms. It is possible that measuring white blood cell count and subpopulations could be used for a better way of risk stratification of patients admitted with acute vascular events.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Atherosclerosis
Volume	172
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9150(03)00164-3
State	Published - Jan 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coronary heart disease
Leukocytes
WBC

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