Red blood cell distribution width as useful tool to predict long-term mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-418

  Jung, Christian ^a   Fujita, Buntaro ^a   Lauten, Alexander ^a   Kiehntopf, Michael ^a   Küthe, Friedhelm ^a   Ferrari, Markus ^a   Figulla, Hans Reiner ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic heart failure; Iron deficiency; Marker; RDW

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80055043980     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.08.052     Document Type: Article

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