Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5970663 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The present study demonstrates for the first time that erythrocyte microparticles are elevated in patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI, with levels approximately double those measured in a reference population of healthy volunteers, and their concentrations appear to be positively associated with adverse clinical events.
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Authors
Georgios Giannopoulos, Georgios Oudatzis, Georgios Paterakis, Andreas Synetos, Eleni Tampaki, Georgios Bouras, George Hahalis, Dimitrios Alexopoulos, Dimitrios Tousoulis, Michael W. Cleman, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Spyridon Deftereos,