Increased mean platelet volume in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1441-1443

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Filippozzi, Luca ^b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Franchini, Massimo ^c   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a   Targher, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 69749128432     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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