ArticleJournal of translational medicine2014
Significance of red cell distribution width measurement for the patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia.
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- Unravelling the Link between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Coronary Artery Ectasia Severity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cardiology · 2026Pooled it
- Red blood cell distribution width predicts coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease: insights from a Japanese cohort.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2025Article
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Red Blood Cell Distribution Width as a Predictive Marker for Coronary Artery Lesions in Patients with Kawasaki Disease.Pediatric cardiology · 2021Article
- Predictive value of red cell distribution width on left atrial thrombus or left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2018Article
- Red cell distribution width as a predictor of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in echocardiography.Medicine · 2015Observational
- High aortic pulse-wave velocity may be responsible for elevated red blood cell distribution width in overweight and obese people: a community-based, cross-sectional study.Cardiovascular journal of AfricaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRed cell distribution width (RDW) has been recognized as a novel marker for several cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between RDW levels and the presence of isolated coronary artery ectasia (CAE).
methodsWe studied 414 subjects including 113 patients with isolated CAE (Group A), 144 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD, group B) and 157 angiographically normal controls (group C). Baseline clinical characteristics and laboratory findings including RDW were compared among three groups.
resultsThe levels of RDW were significantly higher in group A and B compared with that in group C (12.97 ± 1.4 and 12.88 ± 1.0 vs 12.34 ± 0.9, p = 0.020) while no difference was found between CAE and CAD (p = 0.17). Additionally, the levels of CRP were also higher in patients with CAE and CAD compared with normal controls (0.26 ± 0.14 mg/L, 0.31 ± 0.27 mg/L vs 0.20 ± 0.06 mg/L, p = 0.04). The multivariate analysis indicated that RDW and CRP were the independent variables most strongly associated with the presence of isolated CAE and CAD. There was a positive correlation between levels of RDW and CRP in patients with isolated CAE (γ=0.532, p = 0.001).
conclusionsOur data suggested that RDW may be a useful marker and independent predictor for the presence of isolated CAE.
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