Abstract:Background: The impact of preprocedural neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) level on subsequent adverse cardiovascular events and health status in coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) patients after stent implantation is unclear. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of NLR level on long-term clinical outcomes and health status of CTO patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the drug eluting stent era.Methods: A total of 311 CTO patients who underwent successful PCI with new-generatio… Show more
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