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Table 1 Laboratory findings

From: A case report of a 40-year-old woman with endomyocardial fibrosis in a non-tropical area: from initial presentation to high urgent heart transplantation

 

Reference

18.01.2011

30.09.2011

30.11.2011

20.03.2012

Rangea

First Presentation

Suspected EMF

Follow-up visit

Listing for HTX

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

12.0–16.0

13.6

12.4

10.7

12.2

White blood-cell count (G/l)

4.0–10.0

13.2

14.7

7.4

12.8

Differential count (G/l - %)

 Neutrophils

2.0–7.0/50–70

8.0/61

10.8/74

4.4/60

9.3/72

 Eosinophils

< 0.4/< 4

0.5/4

0.8/6

0.3/4

0.1/1

 Basophils

< 0.2/< 1

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

 Monocytes

0.2–1.0/2–10

1.0/7

0.5/4

0.6/8

0.8/0

 Lymphocytes

0.8–4.0/20–40

3.7/28

2.5/17

2.1/29

2.6/20

Platelet count (G/l - %)

150–450

176

180

314

310

Sodium (mmol/l)

136–145

140

141

141

138

Potassium (mmol/l)

3.50–5.10

4.03

4.86

4.64

4.51

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.50–0.90

0.79

1.17

0.95

1.23

BUN (mg/dl)

6.0–20.0

10.7

16.6

12.3

23.5

NT-proBNP (pg/ml)

< 125

1501

3697

1595

2054

LDH (U/l)

135–214

261

375

158

160

C-reactive protein (mg/dl)

< 0.50

6.11

1.47

2.27

0.38

TnT-hs (pg/ml)

< 14

67

7

3

3

  1. Abbreviations: BUN Blood urea nitrogen, EMF Endomyocardial fibrosis, HTX Heart transplantation, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, TnT-hs Troponin T high sensitive
  2. a Reference Range for Adults, Department for Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital St. Poelten, Austria
  3. Bold letters indicate values outside of the normal range