Associations of Preimplant Red Blood Cell Distribution Width with Clinical Outcomes Among Individuals with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Miller PE, Houston BA, Schneider AL, Bush AL, Whitman GJ, Stevens GR, Tedford RJ, Russell SD. Associations of Preimplant Red Blood Cell Distribution Width with Clinical Outcomes Among Individuals with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. ASAIO Journal 2016, 62: 677-683. PMID: 27798492, DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000000431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cell distribution widthCell distribution widthVentricular assist deviceHeart failureClinical outcomesAssist deviceEnd-stage heart failureDistribution widthPost-LVAD complicationsContinuous-flow LVADProportional hazards modelPostimplant mortalityRDW tertilesGastrointestinal bleedAdverse eventsSecondary outcomesLaboratory variablesLVAD populationFull adjustmentPrognostic abilityHigh riskHazards modelBiologic mechanismsMortalityTertile