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Recent studies from University of Verona add new data to heart disease
June 21st, 2009
"Conventional cardiac markers used for the biochemical diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) have a high specificity but low sensitivity within 2-4 h of symptoms onset. The red blood cell distribution width (RDW), reflecting the size variability of circulating red blood cells, has been shown to be independently associated with an increased risk of major cardiovascular events," scientists in Verona, Italy report. "We assessed whether there is an association between RDW at admission and cardiac troponin T (cTnT) elevation in patients with chest pain. We analyzed RDW values in 2304 adult patients, who were consecutively admitted over a 1-year period to the local...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2009-06-21)
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