Elevated red blood cell distribution width is associated with higher recourse to coronary artery bypass graft

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 135-141

  Ephrem, Georges ^a   Kanei, Yumiko ^b  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass; Red blood cell width

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 84867690257     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342268     Document Type: Article

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