Red blood cell distribution width as an effective tool for detecting fatal heart failure in super-elderly patients.

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Published in Intern Med on September 01, 2012

Authors

Yuji Nishizaki1, Shinichiro Yamagami, Hikaru Suzuki, Yusuke Joki, Shuuhei Takahashi, Masahiro Sesoko, Haruyo Yamashita, Kenichi Kuremoto, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Hiroyuki Daida

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Japan. ynishiza@juntendo.ac.jp

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