NYMC Faculty Publications

DOI

10.21037/cdt.2018.03.01

Journal Title

Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

First Page

164

Last Page

172

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2018

Department

Medicine

Abstract

Background: Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been studied as a measure of inflammation and as a prognosticating factor in various medical conditions including neoplastic, inflammatory and cardiovascular. The prognostic role of NLR in predicting mortality in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) has not been studied. The aim of our study is to explore the utility of NLR as a predictor of both, short and long-term mortality, in patients undergoing surgical AVR. Methods: Consecutive patients with aortic stenosis admitted for AVR to our institution were evaluated for study inclusion. Of the 335 patients admitted from January 2007 to September 2011, 234 met study inclusion criteria. Patients were divided into two groups depending on their initial preoperative NLR level with a cutoff value of 3. Three-year vital status was accessed with electronic medical records and Social Security Death Index. Survival analysis, stratified by NLR, was used to evaluate the predictive value of preoperative NLR levels. Results: Patients with NLR >/=3, when compared to those with NLR /=3 had 4.77 fold increase in 3-year mortality (1.48-15.32, P=0.0090). Conclusions: NLR is an independent predictor of short-term and long-term mortality in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing AVR surgery, especially those with NLR >/=3. We strongly suggest the use of NLR as a tool to risk stratify patients with aortic stenosis undergoing AVR surgery.

Publisher's Statement

Originally published in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, 8(2), 164-172. The original material can be found here.

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