Assessment of the relationship between red cell distribution width and cardiac syndrome X

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 480-484

  Demirkol, Sait ^a   Balta, Sevket ^a   Celik, Turgay ^a   Arslan, Zekeriya ^b   Unlu, Murat ^c   Cakar, Mustafa ^a   Kucuk, Ugur ^a   Demirbas, Seref ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Yokusoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Gelibolu Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Beytepe Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac syndrome X; Endothelial dysfunction; Red cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; SYNDROME X; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84878940736     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/KP.2013.0094     Document Type: Article

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