CD14 and heart failure: Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio was higher (P = 0.01), and monocyte CD14+ expression was lower (−112 median fluorescence units (95% CI: 49–176); P = 0.002) in 38 patients undergoing major surgery for gastrointestinal malignancy (median AT: 10 mL·kg−1·min−1 (IQR 9–11)), compared to age-matched orthopaedic patients (n = 31) without overt clinical heart failure (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)).