Association between mean platelet volume and coronary artery calcification in patients without overt cardiovascular disease: An observational study;Aşikar kardiyovasküler hastalıǧı olmayanlarda koroner arter kalsifikasyonu ile ortalama trombosit hacmi arasındaki ilişki: Gözlemsel bir çalışma

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Korkmaz, Levent ^a   Korkmaz, Ayça Ata ^b   Akyüz, Ali Riza ^c   Aǧaç, Mustafa Tarik ^a   Acar, Zeydin ^a   Kiriş, Abdulkadir ^a   Kul, Selim ^d   Erkuş, Muslihittin Emre ^a   Çelik, Şükrü ^a  

^a Ahi Evren Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Clinic of Cardiology   (Turkey)

^d Sinop Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery calcification; Mean platelet volume; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME;

EID: 84856291975     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/akd.2012.007     Document Type: Article

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