Clinical Study
Is Leukocytosis a Predictor for Recurrence of Ischemic Events after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery? A Cohort Study
Table 3
One-year followup outcome in two WBC groups.
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WBC: White Blood Cell. Stable angina: the patients who had chest pain with these three criteria: (1) exertional chest pain, (2) retrosternal, and (3) relived by sublingual Nitrate or rest; myocardial infarction: patients who met two of these three criteria were regarded to have MI: (1) chest pain prolonged more than 30 minutes, (2) ST elevation, and (3) increase in cardiac enzymes. Total ischemic event: patients who had one of this criteria: (1) stable angina, (2) unstable angina, (3) myocardial infarction, (4) cardiac mortality, and (5) revascularization (PTCA or CABG). |