A novel marker of persistent left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy: monocyte count- to- HDL cholesterol ratio.
Firdevs Aysenur EkizlerSerkan CayPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2019)
Our data firstly indicated that elevated MHR was a significant predictor of persistent LV systolic dysfunction in PPCM. The MHR might contribute to determining high-risk patients with PPCM.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- blood pressure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- oxidative stress
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- left atrial
- peripheral blood
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- dendritic cells
- low density lipoprotein
- coronary artery disease
- aortic valve
- percutaneous coronary intervention