Platelets in hematologic and cardiovascular disorders : a clinical handbook

Preface 1. The structure and production of blood platelets Joseph E. Italiano, Jr 2. Platelet immunology: structure, functions and polymorphisms of membrane glycoproteins Yasuo Ikeda, Yumiko Matsubara and Tetsuji Kamata 3. Mechanisms of platelet activation Lawrence Brass and Timothy J. Stalker 4. Platelet priming Paolo Gresele, Emanuela Dalcinelli and Stafania Momi 5. Platelets and coagulation Jose A. Lopez and Ian del Conde 6. Vessel-wall-derived substances affecting platelets Azad Raiesdana and Joseph Loscalzo 7. Platelet-Leukocyte-Endothelial cross talk Kevin J. Croce, Masashi Sakuma and Daniel I. Simon 8. Laboratory investigation of platelets Eduard Shantsila, Timothy Watson and Gregory Y. H. Lip 9. Clinical approach to the bleeding patient Jos Vermylen and Kathelijne Peerlinck 10. Thrombocytopenia James Bussel and Andrea Primiani 11. Reactive and clonal thrombocytosis Ayalew Tefferi 12. Congenital disorders of platelet function Marco Cattaneo 13. Acquired disorders of platelet function Michael H. Kroll and Amy A. Hassan 14. Platelet transfusion therapy Sherrill J. Slichter and Ronald G. Strauss 15. Clinical approach to the patient with thrombosis Brian G. Choi and Valentin Fuster 16. Pathophysiology of arterial thrombosis Juan Jose Badimon, Borja Ibanez and Gemma Vilahur 17. Platelets and atherosclerosis Stephan Lindemann and Meinrad Gawaz 18. Platelets in other thrombotic conditions David L. Green, Peter W. Marks and Simon Karpatkin 19. Platelets in respiratory disorders and inflammatory conditions Paolo Gresele, Stefania Momi, Simon C. Pitchford and Clive P. Page 20. Platelet pharmacology Dermot Cox 21. Antiplatelet therapy versus other antithrombotic strategies Nicolai Mejevoi, Catalin Boiangiu and Marc Cohen 22. Laboratory monitoring of antiplatelet therapy Paul Harrison and David Keeling 23. Antiplatelet therapy in cardiology Pierluigi Tricoc and Robert A. Harrington 24. Antiplatelet therapy in cerebrovascular disease James Castle and Gregory W. Albers 25. Antiplatelet treatment in peripheral arterial disease Raymond Verhaeghe and Peter Verhamme 26. Antiplatelet treatment of venous thromboembolism Menno V. Huisman, Jaapjan D. Snoep, Jouke T. Tamsma and Marcel M. C. Hovens Index.