Red cell distribution width is increased in patients with ascending aortic dilatation

• Main Authors: Barış Güngör (Author), Kazım Serhan Özcan (Author), Fatma Özpamuk Karadeniz (Author), Ahmet Ekmekçi (Author), Ahmet Taha Alpwe (Author), Damirbek Osmonov (Author), Mahmut Uluganyan (Author), Baran Karataş (Author), Ercan Toprak (Author), İzzet Celal Erdinler (Author), Osman Bolca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: The prognostic importance of red cell distribution width (RDW) and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in cardiovascular diseases has been shown. Ascending aortic dilatation (AAD) is a common cardiovascular disease and is associated with aortic wall inflammation and cystic degeneration. In...