Relation between red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and all-cause mortality at two years in an unselected population referred for coronary angiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-146

  Cavusoglu, Erdal ^a,b   Chopra, Vineet ^b   Gupta, Amit ^a   Battala, Venkata R ^a   Poludasu, Shyam ^a   Eng, Calvin ^b   Marmur, Jonathan D ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Coronary angiography; Prognosis; RDW

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANEMIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952243068     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.187     Document Type: Article

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