Red cell distribution width as a novel prognostic marker in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Uyarel, Hüseyin; Ergelen, Mehmet; Çiçek, Gökhan; Güngör Kaya, Mehmet; Ayhan, Erkan; Türkkan, Ceyhan; Yıldırım, Ersin; Kirbaş, Veli; Öntürk, Ebru; Betül Erer, Hatice; YEŞİLÇİMEN, Kemal; Michael Gibson, C.

doi:10.1097/mca.0b013e328342c77b

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Red cell distribution width as a novel prognostic marker in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Published in Coronary Artery Disease • Jan 12, 2011

Authors:

Hüseyin Uyarel

Mehmet Ergelen

Gökhan Çiçek

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Red cell distribution width (RDW), a measure of red blood cell size heterogeneity, was evaluated in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). BACKGROUND: Higher RDW is associated with mortality in patients...

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Medicine

Red blood cell distribution width

Myocardial infarction

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