title: Association of platelet count with residual thrombus in the myocardial infarct-related coronary artery among patients treated with fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: A higher platelet count is independently associated with the presence of residual thrombus in the infarct-related artery after administration of fibrinolytic therapy, even after multivariate adjustment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Minang P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Turakhia
authors.forename: Sabina A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Tina L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Elliott M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Antman
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Giugliano
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Braunwald
authors.forename: C Michael
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D010976:Platelet Count; D012307:Risk Factors; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents