Neutrophil-Lymphocyte ratio in cardiovascular disease risk assessment / Relação Neutrófilo-Linfócito na avaliação de risco de doença cardiovascular
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
; 31(5)set.-out. 2018. ilus
Article
em En
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| ID: biblio-914777
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BR44.1
Localização: BR44.1
ABSTRACT
The development of cardiovascular diseases with atherosclerotic origin is associated with a severe inflammatory process. Neutrophils and lymphocytes are cells sensitive to this type of disorder and their ratio, known as the NLR (neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio), has shown to be useful in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to assess the role of NLR in cardiovascular disease risk assessment. We carried out a literature review in the PubMed databases searching for articles published between 2001 to 2017 and found that NLR is in fact a useful marker for cardiovascular disease. Using NLR in patients at cardiovascular risk would be useful to delineate the prognosis of patients with this disease pattern
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
Bases de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Contagem de Leucócitos
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Neutrófilos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int. j. cardiovasc. sci. (Impr.)
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil