Association of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-Albumin Ratio for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients with Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study

• Published in: Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis Vol. 28; p. 10760296221121286
• Main Authors: Li, Dan, Ruan, Zhishen, Wu, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 2022; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Cohort analysis; Heart attacks; Medical prognosis; Mortality; Original Manuscript; retrospective cohort study; mortality; red blood cell distribution width; acute myocardial infarction; albumin

Background Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) was a risk factor for poor prognosis in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Recent reports suggested that combining RDW with other laboratory metrics could provide a better prediction. This retrospective study aimed to investigate whether the RDW-alb...