Assessment of the relationship between red cell distribution width and fragmented QRS in patients with non-ST elevated acute coronary syndrome

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 413-419

  Bekler, Adem ^a   Gazi, Emine ^a   Tenekecioglu, Erhan ^b   Karaagac, Kemal ^b   Altun, Burak ^a   Temiz, Ahmet ^a   Barutçu, Ahmet ^a   Peker, Tezcan ^b   Aslan, Burhan ^b   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BURSA YUKSEK IHTISAS TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Erythrocyte indices physiology; Fragmented QRS

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IOPROMIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; QRS COMPLEX; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897903498     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.890151     Document Type: Article

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