Interleukin-6 and asymmetric dimethylarginine are associated with platelet activation after percutaneous angioplasty with stent implantation.

Data linking in vivo platelet activation with inflammation and cardiovascular risk factors are scarce. Moreover, the interrelation between endothelial dysfunction as early marker of atherosclerosis and platelet activation has not been studied, so far. We therefore sought to investigate the associati...

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Main Authors: Thomas Gremmel, Thomas Perkmann, Christoph W Kopp, Daniela Seidinger, Beate Eichelberger, Renate Koppensteiner, Sabine Steiner, Simon Panzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4373671?pdf=render