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White blood cell count and long term mortality after non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome treated with very early revascularisation
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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015Neutrophils, Smoking and Coronary Heart DiseaseShow More
Dear Editor
We read the recent published paper by Mueller and co-workers.[1] They demonstrate convincingly that the neutrophil count is a strong predictor for future coronary events in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Smoking habits, however, may to some extent confound their results.[2] To verify the assumption we want to publish this scientific note.
Neutrophil granulocytes are a well-recogn...
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