PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Gang-Hua Feng AU - Hai-Peng Li AU - Qiu-Li Li AU - Ying Fu AU - Ren-Bin Huang TI - Red blood cell distribution width and ischaemic stroke AID - 10.1136/svn-2017-000071 DP - 2017 Sep 01 TA - Stroke and Vascular Neurology PG - 172--175 VI - 2 IP - 3 4099 - http://svn.bmj.com/content/2/3/172.short 4100 - http://svn.bmj.com/content/2/3/172.full AB - The red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of red blood cell (RBC) size heterogeneity, which is easily calculated by dividing the SD of erythrocyte volumes for the mean corpuscular volume. Recent reporter suggested that, besides haematological diseases and anaemia, many human disorders may be closely associated with the elevated RDW. A literature review has revealed the RDW may be closely related to the development of ischaemic stroke, carotid artery atherosclerosis and cerebral embolism. Higher RDW could independently predict adverse outcomes in patients in these conditions.