The central role of platelet activation in determining the severity of acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1253-1254

  Kennon, S ^a,d   Price, C P ^a   Mills, P G ^a   Macey, M ^b   Cooper, J ^c   Clarke, H ^a   Timmis, A D ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d St Vincents Private Campus   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0141790766     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.10.1253     Document Type: Article

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