Red cell distribution width: A novel infl ammatory marker in clinical practice

Autorzy: Sait Demirkol¹, Sevket Balta¹, Mustafa Cakar², Murat Unlu¹, Zekeriya Arslan¹, Ugur Kucuk¹ 1 - Department of Cardiology, Gulh ane Medical Academy, Tevfi k Saglam St., 06018 Etlik-Ankara, Turkey
2 - Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

We intentionally read the article ”Red cell distribution width is associated with acute myocardial infarction in young patients” written by Uysal et al. with great interest [1]. They aimed to investigate the relationship between red cell distribution width (RDW) and acute ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) in young patients. Compared with young patients with normal coronaries, young patients with STEMI had signifi cantly higher values of RDW...

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Data wydania: 2013-04-05
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