Red cell distribution width as a novel prognostic marker in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction.

Huseyin Uyarel,Mehmet Ergelen,Gökhan Çiçek,Mehmet Gungor Kaya,Erkan Ayhan,Ceyhan Türkkan,Ersin Yildirim,Veli Kirbaş,Ebru Öntürk,Hatice Betül Erer,Kemal Yeşilçimen,C. Michael Gibson

Red cell distribution width as a novel prognostic marker in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction.

2011

Huseyin Uyarel
Mehmet Ergelen
Gökhan Çiçek
Mehmet Gungor Kaya
Erkan Ayhan
Ceyhan Türkkan
Ersin Yildirim
Veli Kirbaş
Ebru Öntürk
Hatice Betül Erer
Kemal Yeşilçimen
C. Michael Gibson

ObjectivesRed cell distribution width (RDW), a measure of red blood cell size heterogeneity, was evaluated in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).BackgroundHigher RDW is associated with mortality in patients with

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Conventional PCI
Myocardial infarction
Red blood cell size
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Angioplasty
Red blood cell distribution width
Cardiology
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Internal medicine
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primary angioplasty

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