Why the study?
Does higher red cell distribution width (RDW) predict long-term mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention?
Population
859 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between January 2003 and August 2005
Comparison
High red cell distribution width (RDW ≥ 15.7) vs Low red cell distribution width (RDW < 13.3)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 4 (interquartile range 3.1 to 4.4) years
Key result
The provided text consists only of the journal's editorial board and does not contain the study data to determine the predictive value of RDW for long-term mortality in patients undergoing PCI.
Authors
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Higher RDW may predict long-term mortality after PCI in non-anemic patients; leaves open incremental value over standard scores.
Does higher red cell distribution width (RDW) predict long-term mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention?
Higher red cell distribution width is a strong and independent predictor of long-term mortality in non-anemic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Poludasu et al. (2009) studied percutaneous coronary intervention. Red cell distribution width (RDW) was evaluated on long-term mortality. The provided text consists only of the journal's editorial board and does not contain the study data to determine the predictive value of RDW for long-term mortality in patients undergoing PCI.
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