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 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. Higher levels of RDW was an independent predictor of STEMI in young patients together with gender, history of hyperlipidemia. The study is successfully designed and presented. We believe that these fi ndings will elucidate further studies about RDW as a surrogate marker of infl ammation and atherosclerosis.
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