Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) the phase reactant, C-reactive protein (CRP), might be significantly elevated. Several reports suggest that CRP may play a direct pathophysiological role on development and progression atherosclerosis, values correlate infarct size when measured by magnetic resonance imagin...

background evaluation of operational risk is a consequential goal in perioperative management of patients in cardiac surgery. preoperative total lymphocyte count (ptlc) is a prognostic criterion of adverse major cardiovascular outcomes. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of ptlc as an independent predictor of postoperative morbidity and mortality in car...

background beta catenin plays a key role in cancer tumorigenesis. however, its prognostic significance in patients with colorectal cancer (crc) remains controversial. it has been demonstrated that 90% of all tumors have a mutation in individual components of multiple oncogenes in wnt/β-catenin pathway. accumulation of nuclear β-catenin in cytoplasm leads to uncontrolled cell proliferation. thus...