ArticleAnnals of medicine2022
Red cell distribution width: a novel predictive biomarker for stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack.
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- Risk of Ischemic Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack in Patients Receiving Comprehensive Versus Noncomprehensive Diagnostic Workup: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Pooled it
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- Association between the peak red blood cell distribution width and in-hospital mortality after post-cardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
- Potential Predictive Value of Platelet Distribution Width for Functional Outcome After Ischemic Stroke.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Association of Butyryl Cholinesterase and Recurrent Ischemic Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Risk factors and prediction model for acute ischemic stroke after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting based on Bayesian network.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2024Article
- Acute ischemic stroke prediction and predictive factors analysis using hematological indicators in elderly hypertensives post-transient ischemic attack.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association between red cell distribution width and 30-day mortality in patients with sepsis-associated liver injury: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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- Is red cell distribution width a prognostic factor in patients with breast cancer? A meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
- Association of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width with Stroke Prognosis Among Patients with Small Artery Occlusion: A Hospital-Based Prospective Follow-Up Study.International journal of general medicine · 2022Article
- Associations of Increased Red Cell Distribution Width Levels with the Severity of Carotid Artery Stenosis: Cross-sectional Study Results.Journal of medical ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
objectivePredicting the prognosis of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is difficult for many frontline clinicians. The purpose of this study was to determine whether subsequent stroke in TIA patients can be predicted via red blood cell distribution width (RDW). MATERIAL AND
methodsA total of 360 consecutive patients with new-onset TIA in our stroke centre, were enrolled over the period studied. The patients were divided into three groups: 103 TIA patients, 206 ischaemic stroke (IS) patients and 51 patients with haemorrhagic stroke (HS) within 7 days after TIA. Complete blood count, biochemical parameters and brain imaging were performed on all patients.
resultsThe mean RDW values of patients with IS and HS after TIA were significantly higher than patients with TIA (13.35 ± 1.59 vs 12.84 ± 1.19, 13.32 ± 1.08 vs 12.84 ± 1.19, respectively, all
conclusionsThe early determination of RDW is a promising, rapid, easy and inexpensive biomarker to predict the subsequent stroke in TIA patients, especially for IS. KEY MESSAGESThe most important result of our study is to show that (1) the higher RDW, the earlier the stroke onset and (2) RDW ≥13.95% has a 2.52-fold risk of ischaemic stroke in TIA patients, and RDW ≥12.85% has a 1.51-fold risk of haemorrhagic stroke.As an economic and accessible hematological marker, baseline RDW may serve as a useful biomarker for risk stratification in TIA patients.
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