Usefulness of red cell distribution width to predict mortality in patients undergoing endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms

CONCLUSIONS: High preoperative RDW levels were linear and adversely related to 5-year survival after EVAR, improved the discriminative power of a predictive score based in standard preoperative variables and may help in decision-making at the time of surgical planning.PMID:34515451 | DOI:10.23736/S0392-9590.21.04725-8

Source: International Angiology - September 13, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Albert Castell à Carles Diaz-Duran Alina Velescu Andr és Galarza Manuel Miralles Albert Clar á Source Type: research