Why the study?
The study was conducted to evaluate the predictive value of NLR, MPV, and PDW for the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Do neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet correlation parameters predict the no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction?
Population
455 STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI
Comparison
No-reflow group vs control group
Design
Consecutive observational cohort study
Authors
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May support NLR, MPV, and PDW for no-reflow risk stratification in STEMI; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Do neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet correlation parameters predict the no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction?
NLR, MPV, and PDW independently predict no-reflow after primary PCI in STEMI patients, though combining them does not improve predictive accuracy over NLR alone.
Zhang et al. (2020) studied this question.
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