Mechanisms Linking Red Blood Cell Disorders and Cardiovascular Diseases
Table 3
Anemia and stroke.
Number of patients
Findings
Reference
480
Elevated red cell distribution width is associated with stroke occurrence and strongly predicts both cardiovascular and all-cause deaths in persons with known stroke
A higher mortality rate was found in stroke patients with anemia and the stroke risk factors of being older than 70 years and having chronic renal failure were more prevalent
A hypercirculatory state in patients with sickle cell disease, accompanied by anemia and abnormal red cells, may make patients particularly prone to ischemic infarction