Elevated levels of procoagulant plasma microvesicles in dialysis patients.

Cardiovascular (CV) death remains the largest cause of mortality in dialysis patients, unexplained by traditional risk factors. Endothelial microvesicles (EMVs) are elevated in patients with traditional CV risk factors and acute coronary syndromes while platelet MVs (PMVs) are associated with athero...

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Main Authors: James O Burton, Hassan A Hamali, Ruchir Singh, Nima Abbasian, Ruth Parsons, Amit K Patel, Alison H Goodall, Nigel J Brunskill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23936542/pdf/?tool=EBI