The prognostic value of admission red cell distribution width-to-platelet ratio in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Objective: Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of variation in the size of circulating red blood cells. Recent studies have reported a strong independent relation between elevated RDW and short- and long-term prognosis in various disorders.The aim of the present study was to investigate t...

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Main Authors: Hamdi Pusuroglu, Huseyin Altug Cakmak, Ozgur Akgul, Mehmet Erturk, Ozgur Surgit, Emre Akkaya, Umit Bulut, Aydin Yildirim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255115001948