Article: Research on heart disease reported by M.P. Ranjith et al.

"Ischaemic heart disease is mainly caused by atherosclerosis and its complications. Platelets and their activity have an important role in initiation of atherosclerotic lesions and coronary thrombus formation," researchers in Kozhikode, India report (see also Heart Disease).

"Larger platelets are enzymatically and metabolically more active and have a higher potential thrombotic ability as compared with smaller platelets. To study the changes in platelet volume indices and platelet count in ischaemic heart disease and assess their usefulness in predicting coronary events. This was a comparative study of 180 patients (60 patients with stable angina, 60 with acute ...

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