1. PLATELET INDICES IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENTS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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Zain Ul Abideen, Farzana Salman, Robina Usman, Najmush Shakireen, and Adnan Mahmood Gul
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Medicine - Abstract
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: To find out the diagnostic role of platelet indices in newly diagnosed patients of myocardial infarction and compare it with normal individuals. METHODS: The platelet indices were measured in 100 newly diagnosed patients of myocardial infarction admitted in cardiology unit, Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar, Pakistan and were compared with 100 normal subjects. Two milliliter of venous blood of each subject was collected in K3-EDTA tubes. Platelet indices were assayed by using Sysmex KX-21, Japan auto-analyzer in clinical laboratory of LRH within 10-20 minutes of collection of blood. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20. RESULTS: There were 85 males and 15 females in cases and 75 males and 25 females in control group. The mean ages in cases and control group were 50.87+11.02 47.31+12.09 respectively. Platelets count was significantly decreased by 19.93% (p
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- 2017