Open AccessNeutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio used as prognostic factor marker for dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood and adolescence
Author(s) -
Fátima Derlene da Rocha Araújo,
Rose Mary Ferreira da Lisboa Silva,
Camilla Andrade Lima Oliveira,
Zilda Maria Alves Meira
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_47_18
Subject(s) - medicine , dilated cardiomyopathy , natriuretic peptide , gastroenterology , cardiology , lymphocyte , receiver operating characteristic , hemoglobin , heart transplantation , heart failure , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio
The objective of this study is to evaluate the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio, from the hemograms obtained from children and adolescents with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and to correlate them with the levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and with the clinical evolution of these patients in the long term.