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Red cell distribution width and chronic heart failure: prognostic role beyond echocardiographic parameters.
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Abstract
Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of anisocytosis. Higher values are robustly associated to adverse outcome in several conditions, including chronic heart failure (HF). The present study aimed to compared its prognostic role with that of echocardiographic parameters in this kind of patients.