Author/Authors :
Zahid، نويسنده , , Maliha and Sonel، نويسنده , , Ali F. and Kelley، نويسنده , , Mary E. and Wall، نويسنده , , Lauren and Whittle، نويسنده , , Jeff and Fine، نويسنده , , Michael J. and Good، نويسنده , , Chester B.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We found a high white blood cell count (>11,000/μl) to be of additive prognostic value to high troponin-I levels in predicting risk of recurrent nonfatal myocardial infarctions and all-cause mortality in patients who present with acute coronary syndromes and non–ST-elevation myocardial infarctions. A high troponin-I level or white blood cell count increased the odds ratio of an event to 2.2 (95% confidence interval 1.0 to 4.73, p = 0.05), but high values for the 2 markers increased the odds ratio to 4.5 (95% confidence interval 1.42 to 14.21, p = 0.01).
