Prognostic nutritional index predicts clinical outcome in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Abstract We aimed to investigate whether the prognostic nutritional index (PNI), a combined nutritional-inflammatory score based on serum albumin levels and lymphocyte count, was associated with mortality in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary pe...

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Main Authors: Qing-Jie Chen, Hui-Juan Qu, Dong-Ze Li, Xiao-Mei Li, Jia-Jun Zhu, Yang Xiang, Lei Li, Yi-Tong Ma, Yi-Ning Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03364-x