title: Superiority of total white blood cell count over other leukocyte differentials for predicting long-term outcomes in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Leukocytes have been found to be the predictor of outcome following acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We sought to determine the relationship between leukocyte differentials and developing major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with non-ST elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 490 consecutive patients were enrolled, and MACE incidence was evaluated at long-term follow-up period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total white blood cell (WBC) was higher in subjects occurring MACE. Moreover, elevated total WBC, ≥7.5 × 10(3)/µL, independently predicted MACE.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Elevated admission total WBC can predict long-term MACE in NSTE-ACS patients better than other differentials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Seyyed-al-Shohada Heart Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences , Urmia , Iran and.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rezaei
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taghipour-Sani
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012372:ROC Curve
keywords: Leukocyte; major adverse cardiac events; non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome; white blood cell