Mean platelet volume in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-103

  Bitigen, Atila ^a   Tanalp, Ali Cevat ^b   Elonu, Orhan Hakan ^a   Karavelioglu, Yusuf ^a   Ozdemir, Nihal ^a  

^a Ko uyolu Kartal Heart Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b not available   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery ectasia; Mean platelet volume; Platelet function; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL SIZE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PLATELETS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL SIZE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 38449121458     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-006-9028-1     Document Type: Article

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