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
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
