Predictive value of white blood cell subtypes for long-term outcome following myocardial infarction.

Introduction: Elevation of total white blood cells (WBC) count is associated with higher mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes. However, it is unknown which specific subset of leukocytes best correlates with increased risk of adverse outcome.

Methods And Results: We prospectively studied the predictive value of WBC subtypes for long-term outcome in 1037 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).