• Title of article

    Editorial Comment:The relationship between high red blood cell distribution width and low coronary flow reserve in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

  • Author/Authors

    Nishizaki, Yuji Juntendo University - Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center - Department of Cardiology, Japan , Daida, Hiroyuki Juntendo University - Graduate School of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Japan

  • From page
    349
  • To page
    350
  • Abstract
    Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a marker of circulating erythrocyte size variation (1). RDW is routinely examined as part of the complete blood cell count and is a convenient and inexpensive test (2) Besides its original role as a marker for differential diagnosis in patients with anemia, RDW is also used to assess the prognosis in patients with cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure or coronary events (3, 4).
  • Journal title
    The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology: Andolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi
  • Journal title
    The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology: Andolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi
  • Record number

    2692777