title: Intracoronary blood sampling using the multifunction probing catheter does not cause platelet activation.
abstract: We sought to test the hypothesis that intracoronary blood sampling in patients with angiographically demonstrated coronary artery disease could be performed using the multifunction probing catheter (Schneider, Bulach, Switzerland), without causing ex vivo platelet activation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Thrombosis and Vascular Research, Level 4, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia. h.lowe@student.unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Chesterman
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Khachigian
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000097:blood; D015539:Platelet Activation
chemical_list: D019007:P-Selectin