American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 3 , Pages 322-327, 1 February 2009

Combined Prognostic Utility of White Blood Cell Count, Plasma Glucose, and Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Undergoing Primary Stent Placement for Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Masami Kosuge, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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  • Kazuo Kimura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 81-45-261-5656; Fax: 81-45-261-9162
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  • Satoshi Morita, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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  • Sunao Kojima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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  • Tomohiro Sakamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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  • Masaharu Ishihara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Yujiro Asada, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Pathology, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan
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  • Chuwa Tei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Respiratory and Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Shunichi Miyazaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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  • Masahiro Sonoda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Kyusyu Cardiovascular Center, Kyushu, Japan
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  • Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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  • Masakazu Yamagishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Mutsunori Shirai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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  • Hisatoyo Hiraoka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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  • Takashi Honda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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  • Yasuhiro Ogata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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  • Hisao Ogawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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  • Japanese Acute Coronary Syndrome Study (JACSS) Investigators

Received 9 August 2008; received in revised form 12 September 2008; accepted 12 September 2008. published online 17 November 2008.

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 This work was supported by Research Grant for Cardiovascular Disease 14C-4 from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01673-1

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.079

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 3 , Pages 322-327, 1 February 2009

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