Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts coronary artery lesion severity and long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with unstable angina pectoris.

Objectives: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), one of the composite biomarker of systemic inflammatory status, was proved promising in predicting clinical outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, there were no evidences that NLR was directly relative to the clinical outcomes of unstable angina pectoris (UAP). Therefore, this study was aimed to detect whether NLR could predict the coronary artery lesion severity (indicated as SYNTAX score) and clinical outcomes (especially long-term cardiovascular mortality) in patients with.

The uric acid to albumin ratio: a novel predictor of long-term cardiac mortality in patients with unstable angina pectoris after percutaneous coronary intervention.

The prognosis of unstable angina pectoris (UAP) differs from non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is considered to improve outcomes of UAP. This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of uric acid to albumin ratio (UAR) for long-term mortality in UAP patients after PCI. Our study retrospectively enrolled 2298 patients hospitalized because of UAP in a tertiary hospital.

Severe pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction complicated with pericarditis after percutaneous coronary intervention: A case report.

Background: Cases of severe pneumonia complicated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with good prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are rare, especially those with postoperative pericarditis and intestinal obstruction.

Case Summary: A 53-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital because of paroxysmal chest tightness for 4 d, aggravated with chest pain for 12 h. The symptoms, electrocardiography, biochemical parameters, echocardiography and chest computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis of severe pneumonia complicated with AMI.

Analysis of Ticagrelor's Cardio-protective Effects on Patients with ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Accompanied with Diabetes.

Background: To analyze the cardio-protective effects of ticagrelor in patients with acute coronary syndrome with S-T segment elevation.

Methods: The sample was 200 patients who had been diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome accompanied by diabetes Mellitus type II. Only patients having ST segment elevation before the treatment were included.

An Initialization Method Based on Hybrid Distance for k-Means Algorithm.

The traditional [Formula: see text]-means algorithm has been widely used as a simple and efficient clustering method. However, the performance of this algorithm is highly dependent on the selection of initial cluster centers. Therefore, the method adopted for choosing initial cluster centers is extremely important.

Management of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis in Non-hospitalized and hospitalized patients.

Proper management of antibiotic-associated pseudo membranous colitis is not clear. This article is to investigate proper treatment of antibiotic-associated pseudo membranous colitis. Data of 67 patients (aged 18-69 years, with 31 males and 46 females) with antibiotic-associated pseudo membranous colitis were retrospectively analyzed including the demography, antibiotics to induce and for treatment of the pseudo membranous colitis, and other supportive measures.