ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature2024
Association between inflammation markers and all-cause mortality in critical ill patients with atrial fibrillation: Analysis of the Multi-Parameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care (MIMIC-IV) database.
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- The Prognostic Role of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocytes Ratio in the Most Frequent Cardiovascular Diseases: An Update.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Inflammation is related to cardiovascular disease. Among the many inflammatory markers, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) were considered as novel predictors for atherosclerosis outcomes. We aimed to investigate the impact of these inflammatory markers on the prognosis of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: We obtained data on AF patients from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC)-IV database. These patients were classified into two groups based on their survival status within 30 days. Then, they were divided into three groups based on the tertile of baseline NLR, PLR, and SII, respectively. We comprehensively explored the relationship between those inflammatory indicators and all-cause mortality in patients with AF by Kaplan-Meier analysis, multivariate Cox regression analysis, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses, restricted cubic spline regression (RCS), and subgroup analysis. Results: A total of 4562 patients with AF were included. Statistically significant differences were found between survivor and non-survivor groups for NLR, PLR and SII. Patients in the high tertile of the NLR had a higher mortality rate than those in the low and intermediate tertiles, as did patients in the PLR and the SII. NLR, PLR and SII were independently associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality. RCS showed that the 30-day and 365-day risk of death were linearly associated with increases in NLR, PLR, and SII, respectively. Conclusion: NLR, PLR, and SII have the potential to be used as indicators for stratifying the risk of mortality in critically ill patients with AF.
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