Mehmet Agilli
1*, Ibrahim Aydin
2, Fevzi Nuri Aydin
3, Tuncer Cayci
4, Yasemin Gulcan Kurt
41 Department of Biochemistry, Agri Military Hospital, Agri, Turkey
2 Department of Biochemistry, Sarikamis Military Hospital, Sarikamis, Kars, Turkey
3 Department of Biochemistry, Sirnak Military Hospital, Sirnak, Turkey
4 Department of Medical Biochemistry, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract
We have
read with a great interest the published article by Ghaffari et al. entitled
with “The predictive value of total neutrophil count and neutrophil/lymphocyte
ratio in predicting in-hospital mortality and complications after STEMI”. Authors
have suggested that complete blood count (CBC) test might help to identify ST elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and higher neutrophil count had the best
predictive value for both mortality and heart failure. We believe some points
should be discussed.