Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio and Saphenous Vein Graft Disease

The role of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in saphenous vein graft disease

I read with great interest the article by Kundi et al. (1) entitled “Association between platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and saphenous vein graft disease in patients with stable angina pectoris,” published online in Anatol J Cardiol 2015 May 5. In their study, authors reported that there was a significant association of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) with saphenous vein graft disease (SVGD) an...

Association between platelet to lymphocyte ratio and saphenous vein graft disease in patients with stable angina pectoris

OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to investigate the relation of platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in saphenous vein graft disease (SVGD) in patients with stable angina pectoris after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS A total of 455 patients were included in the study. There were 210 patients with SVGD and 245 patients without SVGD. The effects of different variables on SVGD were...

Relationship between elevated platelet volume and saphenous vein graft disease.

BACKGROUND Saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease is the major determinant of long term graft viability in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Although, platelets play a major role in this pathogenetic process the nature of this interaction has not been yet been clarified. Mean platelet volume (MPV) reflects platelet production rate and stimulation. This study was desig...

Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysms

Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening acute complication of diabetes mellitus and the novel systemic inflammation marker platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) may be associated with clinical outcome in patients with DKA. This study aimed to investigate the utility of PLR in predicting 90-day clinical outcomes in patients with DKA. Patient data exacted from the Multiparameter Intelligen...