To the Editor,
I thank Dr. Gülgün for his/her great interest in our article entitled “Relationship between platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and the presence and severity of coronary artery ectasia” published in Anatolian J Cardiol 2016;16: 857-62 (1). I fully agree with Dr. Gülgün, but as mentioned by Dr. Gülgün, the mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) values were studied in patients with coronary artery ectasia in previous studies (2). Therefore, we first aimed to investigate the association of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and the presence and severity of coronary artery ectasia. This study was the first to be reported in the literature. I believe that further larger prospective studies including MPV and PDW and considering the methodological details, as mentioned by Dr. Gülgün, should better clarify the relationship between PLR and coronary artery ectasia.
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