The relative lymphocyte count on hospital admission is a risk factor for long-term mortality in patients with acute heart failure

Am J Emerg Med. 2006 Jul;24(4):451-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.10.010.

Authors

Alain Rudiger¹, Oliver A Burckhardt, Paul Harpes, S Andreas Müller, Ferenc Follath

Affiliation

¹ Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research, University College London, WC1E 6BT London, UK, and Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. a.rudiger@wibr.ucl.ac.uk

PMID: 16787804
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.10.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Heart Failure / complications
Heart Failure / immunology*
Heart Failure / mortality*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Hospitalization
Humans
Lymphocyte Count
Lymphopenia / diagnosis*
Lymphopenia / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Proportional Hazards Models
Risk Factors
Stroke Volume
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / mortality*