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PLATELETS
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 158-162Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/17476930500454514
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atherosclerosis; coronary disease; endothelial function; forearm blood flow; platelets
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Platelet-monocyte binding and surface P-selectin expression are sensitive markers of platelet activation. Endothelium-derived factors are known to inhibit platelet activation and may confer important anti-atherothrombotic effects. We assessed the relationship between platelet activation and endothelium-dependent vasomotion in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Twenty male patients with stable CHD were compared with 20 healthy men. Platelet-monocyte binding and platelet surface expression of P-selectin were assessed using two-colour flow cytometry on whole blood. Forearm blood flow was assessed in patients using venous occlusion plethysmography during intra-arterial infusions of substance P, acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside. Platelet activation was higher in patients than healthy men (platelet-monocyte binding, 27 +/- 3 vs. 20 +/- 1%; P < 0.05). In patients with CHD, there was an inverse correlation between maximal substance P induced vasodilatation and both platelet-monocyte binding (P=0.003) and P-selectin expression (P=0.02). A similar correlation was observed between platelet-monocyte binding and the vasomotor response to acetylcholine (P=0.08) but not with sodium nitroprusside. In patients with stable coronary heart disease, there is a strong inverse relationship between markers of platelet activation and endothelium-dependent vasomotor function. This may explain the pathophysiological mechanism linking endothelial vasomotor dysfunction and the risk of acute atherothrombotic events.
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