Relationship between presence of spontaneous echo contrast and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with mitral stenosis.

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)

Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio is an inexpensive and easily calculated biomarker, which is useful to predict left atrial SEC in patients with mitral stenosis.

Keyphrases

left atrial
mitral valve
atrial fibrillation
left ventricular
magnetic resonance
catheter ablation
peripheral blood
contrast enhanced
heart failure
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted
diffusion weighted imaging
computed tomography