Inflammatory markers may predict long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome

摘要

We have read the article entitled 'Baseline white blood cell count is an independent predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, but it does not improve the risk classification of the GRACE score' by Taglieri et al. [ 1 ] with great interest. In their well-designed and documented study, the authors aimed to investigate the association between baseline white blood cell (WBC) count and long-term cardiovascular mortality in an all-comer cohort of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) and, additionally, they aimed to evaluate its additive predictive value beyond the GRACE score. They concluded that the WBC count on admission was an independent predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality in patients with NSTE-ACS.