Research Article

T Cell Response in Patients with Implanted Biological and Mechanical Prosthetic Heart Valves

Table 2

Peripheral blood hemogram from patients with biological and mechanical heart valve prostheses and healthy volunteers.

Cell typeHealthy volunteers, Biological prosthesis, Mechanical prosthesis,

WBC6.0 (5.1; 7.5)6.0 (5.4; 7.0)5.3 (3.9; 7.1)
Neutrophils 3.3 (2.8; 4.6)3.5 (2.9; 4.7)2.9 (2.0; 4.3)
Lymphocytes 1.9 (1.5; 2.3)1.8 (1.6; 1.9)1.6 (1.3; 1.7)
Monocytes 0.4 (0.3; 0.5)0.5 (0.4; 0.6) 0.5 (0.4; 0.6)