Lymphocytopenia is associated with poor NYHA functional class in chronic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction

• Main Authors: Hasan Yucel (Author), Meltem Refiker Ege (Author), Ali Zorlu (Author), Hakki Kaya (Author), Osman Beton (Author), Hasan Gungor (Author), Gurkan Acar (Author), Ahmet Temizhan (Author), Yüksel Çavuşoğlu (Author), Mehdi Zoghi (Author), Mehmet Eren (Author), Dilek Ural (Author), Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: In heart failure (HF) patients, functional capacity has been demonstrated to be a marker of poor prognosis, independent of left ventricular ejection fraction (EF). Lymphocyte count is currently recognized in certain risk stratification scores for chronic HF, and severe HF is associated wi...