platelet-lymphocyte ratio in prediction of outcome of acute heart failure.

Abstract

To examine the role of the ratios of platelet or neutrophil to lymphocyte count (PLR or NLR) in predicting hospital death and long-term mortality in acute heart failure (AHF). Methodsآ & materials: The records of 554 admissions from 354آ patients discharged from VAWNY with AHF between 2011 andآ 2015 were reviewed. The associations between admission PLR or NLR and hospital and long-term mortality were assessed by univariate and multivariate analyses.PLR was similar regarding hospital mortality. Long-term mortality was higher in the third tertile PLR (PLRآ >210; pآ =آ 0.034). Neither PLR nor NLR was an independent predictor of mortality.Although higher PLR was associated with long-term mortality, it failed to independently predict the prognosis of AHF.