Red Blood Cell Distribution Width in End-Stage Heart Failure Patients Is Independently Associated With All-Cause Mortality After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

In summary, we have demonstrated that elevated red blood cell distribution width immediately before OHT is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in heart transplant recipients. Other factors associated with posttransplantation mortality include lower values of mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.