Effect of elevated leukocyte count on in-hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction.
The peripheral white blood cell count on presentation with acute myocardial infarction directly correlates with short-term in-hospital mortality. This association is independent of other prognostic factors, including extent and size of the acute myocardial infarction.
Furman
M I
MI
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655-0214, USA.
Becker
R C
RC
Yarzebski
J
J
Savegeau
J
J
Gore
J M
JM
Goldberg
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012044:Regression Analysis