Authors' comments on: The platelet volume in patients with cardiac syndrome X

Increased red cell distribution width in patients with slow coronary flow

“…A complete blood count is a routine, easy and inexpensive examination technique that provides information regarding a patient's blood contents, which includes the red and white cells and platelets as well as the counts and dimensions of subgroups of parameters (2–4). RDW is a measurement of the variability in the size of circulating red blood cells and is a part of the complete blood count panel.…”