title: Red blood cell distribution width at emergency department admission increases the accuracy of the HEART score for predicting death in patients with chest pain.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy. Electronic address: gianni.turcato@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turcato
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dilda
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zannoni
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lippi
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D003643:Death; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices / Q000502:physiology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000592:standards*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Chest pain; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; RDW; Red blood cell distribution width