Red blood cell distribution width and cardiovascular diseases

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages E402-E411

  Danese, Elisa ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Red blood cell distribution width (RDW); Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANISOCYTOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; REVIEW;

EID: 84947433953     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.10.04     Document Type: Review

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