TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.44, sa.2, ss.186-192, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Aim: Acute aortic dissection is a life-threatening cardiovascular emergency. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is proposed as a prognostic marker and found to be related to worse clinical outcomes in various cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between admission neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and in-hospital mortality in acute type I aortic dissection.