PROGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF WBC COUNT IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION

Stem Cell Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infraction

Introduction The incidence of congestive heart failure (HF) is increasing with epidemic proportions, occurring most frequently in patients with structural heart disease resulting from myocardial infarction (MI). The process of cardiac remodeling that provides the substrate for HF results from fibrotic scar formation that replaces regions of myocyte necrosis. In addition, surviving myocytes unde...

Prognostic importance of ventricular extrasystoles in acute myocardial infarction.

Ventricular arrhythmias were recorded in 233 patients in a prospective study of patients with acute myocardial infarction. In over 95% of patients antiarrhythmic therapy was not given until the onset of ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or persistent idioventricular rhythm. There was a mortality of 18% during the patients' stay in hospital. The most important features of ventr...

The Prognostic Value of White Blood Cells Count in Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Background: Ischemic heart disease and acute myocardial infarction is one of the most dramatic manifestations in one of the most investigated fields in the past few decades. In this study, the prognostic value of white blood cells count in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) was investigated in a six months follow-up. Methods: In this cohort study, 106 patients with MI were investigated. ...

Does a high WBC count signal infection?

[Prognostic value of white blood cell count in acute myocardial infarction: long-term mortality].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Although traditionally an elevated white blood cell count (WBC), an indicator of systemic inflammation, has been accepted as part of the healing response following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), it has frequently been shown to be a predictor of adverse cardiovascular events. The present study was designed to assess the association between WBC and long-term mortal...