%0 Journal Article
%T Association of the Monocyte to HDL Cholesterol Ratio with Thrombus Burden in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
%A Ghada Mahmoud Soltan
%A Neveen I. Samy
%A Safwat Essam Ahmed
%A Wassam ElDin Hadad ELShafey
%J World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases
%P 746-758
%@ 2164-5337
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjcd.2019.910067
%X <strong>Background</strong>:<span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> Intracoronary thrombus burden is associated with some adverse events and poor prognosis in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">Identifying predictors of the intracoronary thrombus burden may contribute to the management of Acute Coronary Syndrome.</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><b style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> To assess the correlation between the Monocyte to HDL Cholesterol ratio with thrombus burden in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><b style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Patients and Methods:</span></b><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> 138 patients with ACS who were admitted to CCU department in National Heart Institute Cairo</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">and Menoufia University Hospitals, Menoufia</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">, underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:'';\"></span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:'';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Angiographic thrombus burden was classified based on thrombolysis</span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">in myocardial infarction (TIMI) thrombus grades.</span></span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">The patients were grouped into 2 categories of low thrombus burden (grades 0</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:'';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">3) (49.7%) and</span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">high thrombus burden (grades 4 and 5) (50.3%).</span></span><b style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span></b><b style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b><span style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">On analysis we found that the MHR was
%K Monocyte to HDL Ratio
%K Acute Coronary Syndrome
%K Thrombus Burden
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=95915