Yaser JENAB, Arash JALALI, Shahrbanoo KHEIRKHAH-SABETGHADAM, Seyed-Mohammad GHOREYSHI-HEFZABAD, Keyvan GOHARI-MOGHADAM, Masoumeh LOTFI-TOKALDANY, Marzieh POURJAFARI, Shapour SHIRANI, Maryam SOTOUDEH ANVARI, Nasrin ETESAMIFAR

Association between elevated red blood cell distribution width and long-term mortality in acute pulmonary embolism

Background/aim: The prognostic value of the red cell distribution width (RDW) as a cost-effective and noninvasive test in acutepulmonary embolism (PE) is still unknown. We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of the admission RDW level in the long-termsurvival of PE patients.Materials and methods: In this registry-based, prospective cohort study, a total of 378 patients (mean age: 60.4 ± 17.11 years, 47.4%female) who presented with acute PE were enrolled. All the clinical data for each patient were obtained from our institutional PEregistry. The follow-up was performed at a median time of 17 months. The primary endpoint was death at follow-up.Results: The mean RDW in study patients was 14.67 ± 2.13. The all-cause mortality rate during the follow-up was 15.6% (n = 59). Afteradjustment for potential confounders, the relationship between RDW and long-term mortality showed a trend of a significant level(hazard ratio: 1.109; 95% CI, 0.998−1.232; P = 0.053). We divided patients into 3 groups based on the European Society of Cardiology’sclassification. As we moved from the low risk to the higher risk categories, the mean RDW increased significantly (P = 0.037).Conclusion: It seems there may be an independent association between RDW at presentation and PE mortality within 17 months.

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