Platelet Function Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

• Other Authors: Martin Quinn (Editor), Desmond Fitzgerald (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, N. J. Humana Press 2005
• Series: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J.)
• Subjects: Blood platelet disorders > Diagnosis; Blood platelets > Examination; Blood Platelets > physiology
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A cutting-edge review of the latest findings on the complexities of platelet function and the various means of inhibiting platelet clot formation. The authors delineate an up-to-date picture of platelet biology and describe methods for assessing platelet function, including the commonly used platele...

Table of Contents:

• Platelet physiology / Martin Quinn
• Platelet integrins and signaling / Karlheinz Peter
• Platelet adhesion / Brian Savage and Zaverio M. Ruggeri
• Structure-function of the platelet cytoskeleton / Elaine L. Bearer
• Platelets and inflammation / Meinrad Gawaz
• Platelet signal-dependent protein synthesis / Stephan Lindemann [and others]
• Phosphoproteomics of human platelets / Katrin Marcus and Helmut E. Meyer
• Platelet function studies / Dermot Cox
• Platelet function under flow / José A. López, Ian del Conde, and Jing-Fei Dong
• Pharmacodynamics of GPIIb-IIIa receptor blockade / Lisa K. Jennings and Melanie M. White
• Prostanoid generation in platelet function: assessment and clinical relevance / Bianca Rocca and Carlo Patrono
• Platelets and prothrombin / Michael Kalafatis [and others]
• Markers of platelet activation and granule secretion / Alan D. Michelson and Mark I. Furman
• Genomic and proteomic analysis of platelets: clinical applications / Andrew Maree and James McRedmond
• Antiplatelet agents / Jacqueline Saw and David J. Moliterno
• Assessing platelet function in clinical trials / Neil Kleiman.