Does the Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) correlate with markers of inflammation and myocardial necrosis in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome?
NLR is significantly higher in AMI compared to UA and correlates with markers of myocardial necrosis and inflammation, suggesting its utility in assessing ACS severity.
Average values of NLR were significantly higher in patients with AMI in relation to patients with UA, indicating the importance of this inflammatory marker in discrimination of clinical forms of ACS. A positive correlation was established between NLR and markers of myocardial necrosis, and between NLR and CRP, indicating the importance of NLR in the assessment of the extent of the myocardial lesion and in inflammation intensity assessment in ACS.
Tahto et al. (Sun,) studied this question.