Red cell distribution width has incremental prognostic value to B-type natriuretic peptide in acute heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1152-1154

  Jackson, Colette E ^a   Dalzell, Jonathan R ^a   Bezlyak, Vladimir ^b   Tsorlalis, Ioannis K ^a   Myles, Rachel C ^a   Spooner, Richard ^c   Ford, Ian ^b   Petrie, Mark C ^d   Cobbe, Stuart M ^a   McMurray, John J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 72949114656     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp157     Document Type: Article

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