Disease Markers
Volume 2016, Article ID 7304538, 13 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7304538
Research Article
Measurement of the Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Improves the Risk Prediction in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
1Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor Utca 68, Budapest 1122, Hungary
2Third Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Received 14 October 2015; Revised 7 December 2015; Accepted 24 December 2015
Academic Editor: Alberto Marra
Copyright © 2016 András Mihály Boros et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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