An Increased Monocyte Count Predicts Coronary Artery Spasm in Patients with Resting Chest Pain and Insignificant Coronary Artery Stenosis
Kyeong Ho Yun, Seok Kyu Oh, Eun Mi Park, Hyun Jung Kim, Sung Hee Shin, Eun Mi Lee, Sang Jae Rhee, Nam Jin Yoo, Nam-Ho Kim, Jin-Won Jeong, Myung Ho Jeong
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(2):97-102. Published online June 30, 2006
BackgroundCoronary atherosclerosis with inflammation gives rise to coronary vasospasm in the patients with coronary vasospastic angina. We have postulated that the peripheral leukocyte count and the differential count are associated with vasospastic angina.
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