International Scholarly Research Notices

Clinical Study

Relation between Red Cell Distribution Width and Left Ventricular Function in Children with Heart Failure

Table 2

Laboratory and echocardiographic parameters of children with heart failure.


	Range	Mean ± SD

Age (Month)	2.000–60.000
Hb (gm)	7.200–12.200
RDW (%)	10.700–27.700
FS (%)	7.220–51.700
LVEDD (cm)	1.600–5.100
LVESD (cm)	0.900–4.600
(m/s)	0.390–1.000
(m/s)	0.280–1.290
	0.600–2.000
	0.750–17.500

Hb: hemoglobin; RDW: red cell distribution width; FS: fraction shortening; LVEDD: left ventricular end diastolic dimension; LVESD: left ventricular end systolic dimension; : peak velocity of early diastolic filling; : peak velocity of late filling; : early mitral inflow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity ratio.