Abstract:Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of platelet / lymphocyte (PLR) ratio in predicting no-reflow after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods Totally 118 STEMI patients admitted in hospital from October 2014 to October 2018 were recruited. Detailed medical history and physical examination result was recorded. Venous blood was collected to detect platelet count (PLT), lymphocyte count (LY) and calculate PLR. The condition of PCI was evaluated, and the pathological change of infarct-related arteries was recorded. Gensini score was used to evaluate the degree of coronary atherosclerosis. The patients were divided into normal reflow group (TIMI grade 3) and no-reflow group (TIMI grade 0-2) by TIMI blood flow grading. Results There was no significant differences in age, sex ratio, hypertension, diabetes, smoking history, stroke history, onset time and Killip classification between the two groups (P?>?0.05). The PLT, PLR and Gensini score in no reflow group were significantly higher than those in normal reflow group (all P?0.05), and the others showed no difference (P?>?0.05). PLR was positively correlated with Gensini score (r?=?0.581, P?=?0.006). Logistic regression showed that PLR [OlR?=?2.737, (95% CI: 1.433, 5.227)], right coronary artery infarction [OlR?=?1.572, (95% CI: 1.051, 2.350)] and Gensini score [OlR?=?1.490, (95% CI: 1.087, 2.042)] were risk factors for no-reflow after PCI (P?0.05, OlR?>?1). ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve was 0.751 (P?=?0.017) based on PLR model. The shear value calculated by Yoden index was 188.21, the sensitivity and specificity of predicting no reflow was 70% and 73%. Conclusion PLR is positively correlated with the severity of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute STEMI. PLR has a good predictive ability for infarction-related vascular reflow after PCI.