Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Glossary
- 1 The structure and production of blood platelets
- 2 Platelet immunology: structure, functions, and polymorphisms of membrane glycoproteins
- 3 Mechanisms of platelet activation
- 4 Platelet priming
- 5 Platelets and coagulation
- 6 Vessel wall-derived substances affecting platelets
- 7 Platelet–leukocyte–endothelium cross talk
- 8 Laboratory investigation of platelets
- 9 Clinical approach to the bleeding patient
- 10 Thrombocytopenia
- 11 Reactive and clonal thrombocytosis
- 12 Congenital disorders of platelet function
- 13 Acquired disorders of platelet function
- 14 Platelet transfusion therapy
- 15 Clinical approach to the patient with thrombosis
- 16 Pathophysiology of arterial thrombosis
- 17 Platelets and atherosclerosis
- 18 Platelets in other thrombotic conditions
- 19 Platelets in respiratory disorders and inflammatory conditions
- 20 Platelet pharmacology
- 21 Antiplatelet therapy versus other antithrombotic strategies
- 22 Laboratory monitoring of antiplatelet therapy
- 23 Antiplatelet therapies in cardiology
- 24 Antithrombotic therapy in cerebrovascular disease
- 25 Antiplatelet treatment in peripheral arterial disease
- 26 Antiplatelet treatment of venous thromboembolism
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Glossary
- 1 The structure and production of blood platelets
- 2 Platelet immunology: structure, functions, and polymorphisms of membrane glycoproteins
- 3 Mechanisms of platelet activation
- 4 Platelet priming
- 5 Platelets and coagulation
- 6 Vessel wall-derived substances affecting platelets
- 7 Platelet–leukocyte–endothelium cross talk
- 8 Laboratory investigation of platelets
- 9 Clinical approach to the bleeding patient
- 10 Thrombocytopenia
- 11 Reactive and clonal thrombocytosis
- 12 Congenital disorders of platelet function
- 13 Acquired disorders of platelet function
- 14 Platelet transfusion therapy
- 15 Clinical approach to the patient with thrombosis
- 16 Pathophysiology of arterial thrombosis
- 17 Platelets and atherosclerosis
- 18 Platelets in other thrombotic conditions
- 19 Platelets in respiratory disorders and inflammatory conditions
- 20 Platelet pharmacology
- 21 Antiplatelet therapy versus other antithrombotic strategies
- 22 Laboratory monitoring of antiplatelet therapy
- 23 Antiplatelet therapies in cardiology
- 24 Antithrombotic therapy in cerebrovascular disease
- 25 Antiplatelet treatment in peripheral arterial disease
- 26 Antiplatelet treatment of venous thromboembolism
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Platelets in Hematologic and Cardiovascular DisordersA Clinical Handbook, pp. iii - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007