Biomarkers for risk stratification in secondary cardiovascular prevention. A role of red blood cell distribution width and calcium score

• Published in: Atherosclerosis Vol. 246; pp. 57 - 62
• Main Authors: Oleksiak, Anna, Kruk, Mariusz, Lenarczyk, Ewelina, Pawelec, Magdalena, Rajska, Ewa, Wilkońska, Paulina, Dzielińska, Zofia, Demkow, Marcin, Witkowski, Adam, Pręgowski, Jerzy, Kępka, Cezary, Rużyłło, Witold
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Area Under Curve; Calcium score; Cardiovascular; Computed Tomography Angiography; Coronary Angiography - methods; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - blood; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease - mortality; Coronary Artery Disease - therapy; Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Erythrocyte Indices; Erythrocytes; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Myocardial Infarction - etiology; Myocardial Infarction - prevention & control; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; RDW; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; Secondary prevention; Secondary Prevention - methods; Severity of Illness Index; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Calcification - blood; Vascular Calcification - diagnostic imaging; Vascular Calcification - mortality; Vascular Calcification - therapy; Secondary prevention; Calcium score; RDW; Coronary artery disease

Abstract Background Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are considered as high risk in terms of secondary cardiovascular prevention. However, obviously the risk is not homogenous across the whole group. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been recently related to adverse outcomes in...