Better functional status in American than Canadian patients with heart disease: an effect of medical care?
The functional status of patients without prior symptoms of heart disease is similar in Americans and Canadians. However, among patients with previous symptomatic heart disease, functional status is higher in Americans than in Canadians. This difference may be due to different patterns of medical management of heart disease in the two countries.
Different from other inflammatory markers and assays, PLR is an inexpensive and readily available biomarker that may be useful for cardiac risk stratification in patients with ACS.