Title: Relation of Absolute Eosinophil Count in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Authors: Dr Pradeep Sathya.K, Prof. Dr S.Sudharsan.M.D., Dr R. Aswinth M.D.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i10.137
Abstract
Acute coronary syndrome is the most common cause of cardiovascular disease leading to death. The main cause is due to atherosclerosis of coronary arteries leading to thrombus formation and obstruction causing myocardial infarction. There are various factors which promote thrombus formation. Among the various factors, eosinophils also play an important role in thrombus formation. So this study was done to assess the relation of absolute eosinohil count in acute coronary syndrome
A total of 100 cases presenting with acute coronary syndrome was taken for the study.
Smokers, alcoholic and patients with stool/ova cyst positive were excluded from this study
According to the study done in these patients, patients with increased eosinophil count presented with killips class4 and showed decreased ejection fraction.
Therefore, increased eosinophil count can be associated with increased propensity to thrombus formation and leading to acute coronary syndrome with increased severity.
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome, Absolute eosinophil count, Killips class, CK-MB, Trop –I.
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