Abstract:
It is a well-known fact that raised levels of
inflammatory markers are associated with increasing rates of
cardiac event in coronary artery disease patients. Neutrophil to
lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a systemic inflammation marker that is
correlated with mortality and cardiac events in many cardiovascular
diseases such as stable coronary artery disease, unstable coronary
artery disease, and acute decompensated heart failure. We
examined the association between NRL and the complexity of
coronary artery disease assessed by SYNTAX score (SS).