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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Basal platelet function was measured in 35 40-year-old men with untreated mild essential hypertension and compared with 44 age-matched normotensive men. The groups differed significantly with respect to platelet size in venous blood (hypertensive, 7.46 +/- 0.10 X 10(-15) l versus normotensive, 7.11 +/- 0.09 X 10(-15) l; P = 0.01) and arterial concentration of the platelet-specific protein beta-thromboglobulin (hypertensive, 1.11 +/- 0.23 nmol/l versus normotensive, 0.59 +/- 0.04 nmol/l; P = 0.02). The normotensive subjects had significantly higher beta-thromboglobulin (BTG) in venous than in arterial blood (P less than 0.01). The hypertensive men showed no such difference. In contrast to the normotensive subjects, the hypertensive group had reduced arterial compared with venous platelet count (P less than 0.01). This may reflect an increased liability in the hypertensive subjects to lose platelets through adherence to the cannula during arterial blood sampling. The above findings point to increased platelet activity in essential hypertension, particularly in arterial blood.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0263-6352
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
401-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased platelet size and release reaction in essential hypertension.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Medical School, Ullevaal Hospital, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't