Tag: mean platelet volume

Pulmonary hypertension is caused by a heterogenous group of disorders with diverse pathophysiological mechanisms, with ultimate structural changes in the pulmonary vascular bed. Platelet activation plays an important role in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension, while it is unknown whether it contributes to pathogenesis in other conditions. We aimed to investigate platelet activation in different causes of pulmonary hypertension by means of mean platelet volume measurement. 

Background: Slow coronary flow (SCF) is characterized by delayed opacification of epicardial coronary vessels. SCF can cause ischemia and sudden cardiac death. We investigated the association between presence and extent of SCF, and cardiovascular risk factors and hematologic indices...

Despite great progress in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) still remain a group at the greatest risk of death. Simple, easily measurable prognostic factors are sought to distinguish those patients who are at risk of death despite successful recanalization of infarct related artery in CS group...