Relationship between mean platelet volume and ischemic stroke in patients with patent foramen ovale

• Main Authors: Nermin Bayar (Author), Selçuk Küçükseymen (Author), Zehra Erkal (Author), Ramazan Güven (Author), Erkan Köklü (Author), Çağın Mustafa Üreyen (Author), Şakir Arslan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is commonly encountered in patients with cryptogenic stroke. Mean platelet volume (MPV), an indicator of platelet reactivity, has been reported in recent trials to be higher in patients with PFO than in normal population. The aim of this study was to investigate...