Red cell distribution width predicts chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in patients with acute pulmonary embolism in a long-term follow-up

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages e191-e195

  Xi, Qunying ^a,b   Wang, Yong ^b   Liu, Zhihong ^a   Zhao, Zhihui ^b   Luo, Qin ^b  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary embolism; Red blood cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923539244     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0092     Document Type: Letter

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