Association of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and CHA2DS2-VASc score with left atrial thrombus in patients who are candidates for percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty

• Main Authors: Orhan Maden (Author), Kevser G Balci (Author), Mustafa M Balci (Author), Serdar Kuyumcu (Author), Hatice Selçuk (Author), Mehmet T Selçuk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Association between inflammation and pro-thrombotic state has been described previously. Aim of the present study was to investigate if presence of left atrial (LA) thrombus or spontaneous echocardiographic contrast (SEC) in rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) was related to neutrophil/lymphoc...