Population
Patients with myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, chronic stable angina, and non-CAD chest pain.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4-7 days
Authors
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Platelet changes in AMI and CHF are hypothesis-generating; prospective studies needed before any prognostic or therapeutic use.
Platelet size distribution and reactivity to agonists are dynamically altered during acute myocardial infarction and chronically in congestive heart failure, suggesting consumption of large platelets during thrombus formation and rapid down-regulation of receptors.
Erné et al. (1988) studied this question.
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