Libby P: Inflammation in atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012, 32: 2045-2051. 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.179705.
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Brevetti G, Giugliano G, Brevetti L, Hiatt WR: Inflammation in peripheral artery disease. Circulation. 2010, 122: 1862-1875. 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.918417.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Brevetti G, Schiano V, Chiariello M: Endothelial dysfunction: a key to the pathophysiology and natural history of peripheral arterial disease?. Atherosclerosis. 2008, 197: 1-11. 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.11.002.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Libby P: Inflammation in atherosclerosis. Nature. 2002, 420: 868-874. 10.1038/nature01323.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Guasti L, Dentali F, Castiglioni L, Maroni L, Marino F, Squizzato A, Ageno W, Gianni M, Gaudio G, Grandi AM, Cosentino M, Venco A: Neutrophils and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes and/or cardiac revascularisation. A systematic review on more than 34,000 subjects. Thromb Haemost. 2011, 106: 591-599. 10.1160/TH11-02-0096.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Uthamalingam S, Patvardhan EA, Subramanian S, Ahmed W, Martin W, Daley M, Capodilupo R: Utility of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in predicting long-term outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 2011, 107: 433-438. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.09.039.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Vatankulu MA, Sonmez O, Ertas G, Bacaksiz A, Turfan M, Erdogan E, Tasal A, Kul S, Uyarel H, Goktekin O: A new parameter predicting chronic total occlusion of coronary arteries: platelet distribution width. Angiology. 2014, 65: 60-64. 10.1177/0003319713486339.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Yamane M: Current percutaneous recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusion. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012, 65: 265-277. 10.1016/j.recesp.2011.10.026.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Sönmez O, Ertaş G, Bacaksız A, Tasal A, Erdoğan E, Asoğlu E, Uyarel H, Göktekin O: Relation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with the presence and complexity of coronary artery disease: an observational study. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg. 2013, 13: 662-667.
PubMed
Google Scholar
Schiller NB, Shah PM, Crawford M, DeMaria A, Devereux R, Feigenbaum H, Gutgesell H, Reichek N, Sahn D, Schnittger I: Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1989, 2: 358-367.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
SYNTAX working-group: SYNTAX score calculator. 2012, http://www.syntaxscore.com,
Google Scholar
von Eckardstein A: Is there a need for novel cardiovascular risk factors?. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004, 19: 761-765. 10.1093/ndt/gfh111.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Lind L: Circulating markers of inflammation and atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2003, 169: 203-214. 10.1016/S0021-9150(03)00012-1.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Shen XH, Chen Q, Shi Y, Li HW: Association of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio with long-term mortality after ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Chin Med J. 2010, 123: 3438-3443.
PubMed
Google Scholar
Papa A, Emdin M, Passino C, Michelassi C, Battaglia D, Cocci F: Predictive value of elevated neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio on cardiac mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Clin Chim Acta. 2008, 395: 27-31. 10.1016/j.cca.2008.04.019.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Gul M, Uyarel H, Ergelen M, Ugur M, Isık T, Ayhan E, Turkkan C, Aksu HU, Akgul O, Uslu N: Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in clinical outcomes of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris: a 3-year follow-up. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2012, 20: 378-384.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Kaya MG, Akpek M, Lam YY, Yarlioglues M, Celik T, Gunebakmaz O, Duran M, Ulucan S, Keser A, Oguzhan A, Gibson MC: Prognostic value of neutrophil/ lymphocyte ratio in patients with ST-elevated myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary intervention: a prospective, multicenter study. Int J Cardiol. 2013, 168: 1154-1159. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.11.074.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Tasoglu I, Turak O, Nazli Y, Ozcan F, Colak N, Sahin S, Kavasoglu K, Genc B, Sert D, Karahan M, Cicek O, Ecevit A: Preoperative neutrophil lymphocyte ratio and saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2013, 10: 1-6.
Google Scholar
Farooq V, Head SJ, Kappetein AP, Serruys PW: Widening clinical applications of the SYNTAX Score. Heart. 2013, 0: 1-12.
Google Scholar
Gensini GG: A more meaningful scoring system for determining the severity of coronary heart disease. Am J Cardiol. 1983, 51: 606-607. 10.1016/S0002-9149(83)80105-2.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Christofferson RD, Lehmann KG, Martin GV, Every N, Caldwell JH, Kapadia SR: Effect of chronic total coronary occlusion on treatment strategy. Am J Cardiol. 2005, 95: 1088-1091. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.12.065.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Drakopoulou M, Toutouzas K, Stefanadi E, Tsiamis E, Tousoulis D, Stefanadis C: Association of inflammatory markers with angiographic severity and extent of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis. 2009, 206: 335-339. 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.01.041.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Ateş AH, Canpolat U, Yorgun H, Kaya EB, Sunman H, Demiri E, Taher A, Hazirolan T, Aytemir K, Tokgözoglu L, Kabakçi G, Oto A: Total white blood cell count is associated with the presence, severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis detected by dual source multislice computed tomographic coronary angiography. Cardiol J. 2011, 18: 371-377.
PubMed
Google Scholar
Sabatine MS, Morrow DA, Cannon CP, Murphy SA, Demopoulos LA, DiBattiste PM, McCabe CH, Braunwald E, Gibson CM: Relationship between baseline white blood cell count and degree of coronary artery disease and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a TACTICS-TIMI 18 (Treat Angina with Aggrastat and determine Cost of Therapy with an Invasive or Conservative Strategy thrombolysis in myocardial infarction 18 trial) substudy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002, 40: 1761-1768. 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02484-1.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
van Gaal WJ, Ponnuthurai FA, Selvanayagam J, Testa L, Porto I, Neubauer S, Banning AP: The Syntax score predicts peri-procedural myocardial necrosis during percutaneous coronary intervention. Int J Cardiol. 2009, 135: 60-65. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.033.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Kaya A, Kurt M, Tanboga IH, Isik T, Günaydin ZY, Kaya Y, Topcu S, Sevimli S: Relation of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with the presence and severity of stable coronary artery disease. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2013, 0: 1-5.
CAS
Google Scholar
Jaffe R, Leung G, Munce NR, Thind AS, Leong-Poi H, Anderson KJ, Qi X, Trogadis J, Nadler A, Shiff D, Saperia J, Lockwood J, Jacobs C, Qiang B, Teitelbaum A, Dick AJ, Sparkes JD, Butany J, Wright GA, Strauss BH: Natural history of experimental arterial chronic total occlusions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009, 53: 1148-1158. 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.09.064.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Finn AV, Kolodgie FD, Nakano M, Virmani R: The differences between neovascularization of chronic total occlusion and ıntraplaque angiogenesis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010, 38: 806-810.
Article
Google Scholar
Srivatsa SS, Edwards WD, Boos CM, Grill DE, Sangiorgi GM, Garratt KN, Schwartz RS, Holmes DR: Histologic correlates of angiographic chronic total coronary artery occlusions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997, 29: 955-963. 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00035-1.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Kalkan M, Sahin M, Kalkan A, Güler A, Tas M, Bulut M, Demir S, Acar R, Arslantas U, Oztürkeri B, Güler Y, Akçakoyun M: The relationship between the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and the coronary collateral circulation in patients with chronic total occlusion. Perfusion. 2014, doi:10.1177/0267659114521102
Google Scholar