Elevated white cell count in acute coronary syndromes: relationship to variants in inflammatory and thrombotic genes

• Main Authors: Cannon Christopher P (Author), Fitzgerald Anthony (Author), Byrne Connie E (Author), Fitzgerald Desmond J (Author), Shields Denis C (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Elevated white blood cell counts (WBC) in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) increase the risk of recurrent events, but it is not known if this is exacerbated by pro-inflammatory factors. We sought to identify whether pro-inflammatory ge...