Baseline Platelet Count and Clinical Outcome in Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Published in: Circulation Journal Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 704 - 711
• Main Authors: Wu, Yihua, Wu, Han, Mueller, Christian, Gibson, C. Michael, Murphy, Sabina, Shi, Yu, Xu, Geng, Yang, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Circulation Society 2012
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndrome; Acute Coronary Syndrome - blood; Acute Coronary Syndrome - mortality; Humans; Major adverse cardiac events; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Platelet Count; Predictive Value of Tests; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome

Background: It is unclear whether platelet count (PLT) is independently associated with clinical outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods and Results: MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane library clinical trials registry, ISI Science Citation Index, and ISI Web of Knowledge were sear...