Platelet activation in different clinical forms of the coronary artery disease (role of P-selectin and others platelet markers in stable and unstable angina).

Objective: Markers of platelet activation are elevated in coronary artery disease. We sought to identify the presence and the potential associations of different markers of platelet activation.

Methods: We studied patients with unstable angina (n=28), patients with stable angina (n=36) and patients without coronary artery disease (n=30); sex and age matched.