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ReviewCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2018

Interaction between platelets and endothelium: from pathophysiology to new therapeutic options.

Michalis Hamilos, Stylianos Petousis, Fragiskos Parthenakis

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Review in Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prasugrel in the management of acute coronary syndromes: a systematic review.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2026
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  2. Endotheliopathy in Acute COVID-19 and Long COVID.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Diabetic Platelets: Pathophysiology, Clinical Significance, and Therapeutic Perspectives.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michalis HamilosDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Stylianos PetousisDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Fragiskos ParthenakisDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
University Hospital of Heraklion · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platelets were traditionally considered to purely have a role in the maintenance of haemostasis. Recently their role in vasomotor function, inflammation and atherosclerosis has been very well-recognized. Endothelium which was originally considered as a simple passive barrier, it is now viewed as an organ whose normal functioning is crucial for maintaining vascular health. When endothelial balance is disturbed, vascular disease initiates. Platelet interactions with endothelium have an important contribution in this process. Low-grade inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and platelet hyper-reactivity are all independently associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Older antiplatelet agents like aspirin and clopidogrel and newer more potent agents like prasugrel and ticagrelor have been proven effective in all the clinical spectrum of coronary artery disease patients. Current antiplatelet medications and especially newer generation P2Y12 inhibitor ticagrelor, offer clinical benefits not only due to their well-recognized antithrombotic effect, but also via the attenuation of platelet inflammatory action, impediment of P2Y12 activation effects in other cells and through other complex and sometimes undefined pathways. Future research is expected to better define platelet-endothelium interactions and the multiple impact of current antiplatelet therapy on them.

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antiplatelet therapyEndotheliumplatelets

Identifiers

PMID30498682
PMCPMC6232347
OpenAlexW2884516608

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