Response to Letter to the Editor 'Red cell distribution width in patients with atrial fibrillation'

Summary, in English

RDW is a new and easily available risk marker for adverse cardiovascular outcomes and we agree that this may encourage a wider use in clinical practice. As pointed out by Balta et al [2], the underlying causal links are unclear. The causal links could hypothetically involve some of the factors mentioned by Balta et al [2], but also properties of the red cells per se. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

• Author: Samuel Adamsson Eryd; Yan Borné; Olle Melander; Margaretha Persson; Gustav Smith; Bo Hedblad; Gunnar Engström
• Department/s: Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology; Cardiology; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 544-544
• Publication/Series: Journal of Internal Medicine
• Volume: 275
• Issue: 5
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344999?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joim.12181
• Document type: Journal article (letter)
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Topic: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• Research group: Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1365-2796