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Mean Platelet Volume and Arterial Stiffness - Clinical Relationship and Common Genetic Variability.
Scientific reports - 6 Jan 2017
Panova-Noeva Marina, Arnold Natalie, Hermanns M Iris, Prochaska Jürgen H, Schulz Andreas, Spronk Henri M, Binder Harald, Pfeiffer Norbert, Beutel Manfred, Blankenberg Stefan, Zeller Tanja, Lotz Johannes, Münzel Thomas, Lackner Karl J, Ten Cate Hugo, Wild Philipp S
Abstract excerpt
Vessel wall stiffening is an important clinical parameter, but it is unknown whether platelets, key elements in the pathogenesis of arterial thrombosis, are associated with arterial stiffness. The present studies sought to determine whether mean platelet volume (MPV), a potential marker of platelet activation, is linked to vascular elasticity as assessed by the augmentation index (AIx), in 15,010 individuals from...
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