Impact of metabolic syndrome on mean platelet volume and its relationship with coronary artery disease.

This study shows that among patients undergoing coronary angiography MetS is not an independent predictor of higher MPV. Moreover, among MetS patients, larger-sized platelets are not associated to the prevalence and extent of CAD. PMID: 30047817 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Platelets - Category: Hematology Tags: Platelets Source Type: research