A Study of platelet volume indices in patients of coronary artery diseases

O bjectives: 1. To investigate platelet indices in patients of Myocardial infarction, Unstable angina, and Stable angina. 2. To compare changes in platelet indices among Patients of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stable angina and normal population. Material and Methods: This study was carried out in the Department of Medicine, NIMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan. To investigate the values of platelet indices MPV, PDW and platelet count with the view of exploring their use in predicting the possibility of impending events of coronary artery disease on 110 patients admitted in wards an d ICU under Department of Medicine and 110 controls who were the normal during the study period. Results: On comparing patients of coronary artery disease with control group it was found that MPV and PDW were raised and platelet counts decreased with a highly significant difference (p