Elevated preoperative neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of increased long-term survival in minimal invasive coronary artery bypass surgery compared to sternotomy

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Background: Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a predictor of major adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Our study explores the value of NLR in predicting long-term mortality after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery (MICS) via lateral left-thoracotomy versus conventional sternotomy coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.Methods: A total of 1126 consecutive patients (729 sternotomy CABG and 397 MICS) from a single tertiary center between 2005 and 2008 were followed until 2011. We stratified the patients into equal tertiles according to preoperative NLR. The primary outcome, all-cause mortality, was compared among the NLR tertiles.Results: Out of the 1126 patients included in the study, 1030 (91%) patients underwent off-pump CABG The first (NLR <2.3) tertile had a significantly lower 5-year mortality (30/371 =8%) in comparison to the second (NLR =2.3-3.4) and third (NLR ≥3.5) tertiles (49/375 =13% and 75/380 =20%), respectively with p < 0.0001. After multivariate adjustment, NLR was a significant independent predictor of mortality (hazard ratio [HR] per each unit increase of NLR was 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.10, p = 0.008). MICS and sternotomy CABG groups with NLR <3 had similar mortality (21/221 =9.5% and 40/403 =9.9%), p = 1. However among patients with NLR ≥3, MICS had a significantly lower mortality (23/176 = 13.1%) compared to the sternotomy CABG (70/326 =21.5%), p = 0.02. According to the multivariate analysis of patients with NLR ≥3, MICS had a significantly lower mortality compared to sternotomy CABG (HR = 0.44, 95% CI 0.24-0.78, p = 0.005).Conclusion: Elevated preoperative NLR is an independent predictor of long-term mortality after CABG. Among the patients with NLR ≥ 3, MICS was associated with a significantly improved survival compared with sternotomy CABG. © 2013 Azab et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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Azab, B., Shariff, M. A., Bachir, R., Nabagiez, J. P., & McGinn, J. T. (2013). Elevated preoperative neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of increased long-term survival in minimal invasive coronary artery bypass surgery compared to sternotomy. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-193

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