Usefulness of red cell distribution width in predicting all-cause long-term mortality after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Azab, Basem ^a   Torbey, Estelle ^a   Hatoum, Hassan ^a   Singh, Jasvinder ^a   Khoueiry, Georges ^a   Bachir, Rana ^b   McGinn Jr , Joseph T ^a   McCord, Donald ^a   Lafferty, James ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Long term mortality; Non ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; Red cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK CITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051619972     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329920     Document Type: Article

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