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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
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            <surname>Demirkol</surname>
            <given-names>Sait</given-names>
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            <surname>Kucuk</surname>
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            <surname>Kucuk</surname>
            <given-names>Hilal Olgun</given-names>
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        <institution content-type="orgname">Gulhane Military Medical Academy</institution>
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        <month>09</month>
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    <p>
      <bold>CARTA AO EDITOR</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>O volume plaquet&#225;rio m&#233;dio pode estar associado &#224; extens&#227;o da doen&#231;a arterial coronariana</bold>
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    <p>
      <bold>Sait Demirkol<sup>I</sup>; Sevket Balta<sup>I</sup>; Ugur Kucuk<sup>I</sup>; Hilal Olgun Kucuk<sup>II</sup></bold>
    </p>
    <p><sup>I</sup>Departamento de Cardiologia, Gulhane Medical Academy Ankara, Turquia </p>
    <p><sup>II</sup>Departamento de Cardiologia, Van Education and Research Hospital, Van, Turquia</p>
    <p>
      <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="enda">Correspond&#234;ncia</xref>
    </p>
    <p><bold>Palavras-chave:</bold> Plaquetas / metabolismo; Doen&#231;a da Art&#233;ria Coronariana.</p>
    <p><bold>Prezado Editor</bold>,</p>
    <p>Lemos com interesse o artigo escrito por Guven&#231; e cols.<sup>1</sup>. O VPM &#233; um marcador laboratorial amplamente utilizado associado com a fun&#231;&#227;o das plaquetas baseada em condi&#231;&#245;es inflamat&#243;rias<sup>2</sup>. Recentemente foi demonstrado o aumento dos n&#237;veis de VPM na fibrila&#231;&#227;o atrial<sup>3</sup>, doen&#231;a cerebrovascular, doen&#231;a arterial perif&#233;rica, acidente vascular cerebral, doen&#231;as da tire&#243;ide e inflamat&#243;rias reum&#225;ticas<sup>4</sup>. Em conclus&#227;o, n&#227;o s&#243; o VPM, mas tamb&#233;m a largura de distribui&#231;&#227;o dos eritr&#243;citos, raz&#227;o neutr&#243;filos/linf&#243;citos<sup>5</sup>, plaquetocrito (PCT), raz&#227;o plaquetas linf&#243;citos, PCR, ferritina e &#225;cido &#250;rico, s&#227;o m&#233;todos f&#225;ceis para avaliar a extens&#227;o da DAC em pacientes com angina est&#225;vel. Esses marcadores podem ser &#250;teis na pr&#225;tica cl&#237;nica.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Refer&#234;ncias</bold>
    </p>
    <p>1. G&#252;ven&#231; TS, Hasdemir H, Erer HB, Ilhan E, Ozcan KS, Cal&#305;k AN, et al. Lower than normal mean platelet volume is associated with reduced extent of coronary artery disease. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2013;100(3):255-60.</p>
    <p content-type="ref-to-delete">2. Balta S, Demirkol S, Celik T, Kucuk U, Unlu M, Arslan Z, et al. Association between coronary artery ectasia and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio. Angiology. 2013 Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print] .</p>
    <p content-type="ref-to-delete">3. Balta S, Demirkol S, Kucuk U, Unlu M. Hemostatic markers can be pivotal roles of risk factors for new-onset atrial fibrillation. Platelets. 2013 Apr 3. [Epub ahead of print] .</p>
    <p content-type="ref-to-delete">4. Demirkol S, Balta S, Unlu M, Yuksel UC, Celik T, Arslan Z, et al. Evaluation of the mean platelet volume in patients with cardiac syndrome X. Clinics (S&#227;o Paulo). 2012;67(9):1019-22. </p>
    <p content-type="ref-to-delete">5. Cingoz F, Iyisoy A, Demirkol S, Sahin MA, Balta S, Celik T, et al. Carotid intima-media thickness in patients with slow coronary flow and its association with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio: a preliminary report. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2013 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print] .</p>
    <p>
      <fn id="enda" fn-type="corresp">
        <label>
          <bold>Correspond&#234;ncia:</bold>
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        <p> Sevket Balta </p>
        <p> Gulhane Medical Faculty </p>
        <p> C&#243;digo Postal 66010, Ankara, Turquia </p>
        <p> E-mail: </p>
        <p>
          <email xlink:href="drsevketb@gmail.com">drsevketb@gmail.com</email>
        </p>
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    <p>Artigo recebido em 04/05/13; revisado em 08/05/13, aceito em 22/05/13.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Carta-resposta</bold>
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    <p>Agradecemos aos autores por seus coment&#225;rios construtivos. O volume plaquet&#225;rio m&#233;dio (VPM) &#233; considerado como um marcador promissor para determinar a gravidade e progn&#243;stico de uma variedade de doen&#231;as cardiovasculares<sup>1</sup>. Como o tamanho aumentado &#233; um sinal de imaturidade das plaquetas e plaquetas imaturas possuem uma tend&#234;ncia para maior agrega&#231;&#227;o, geralmente considera-se que o VPM seja um marcador de reatividade das plaquetas<sup>2,3</sup>. Tem-se admitido a hip&#243;tese de que a presen&#231;a de plaquetas maiores em circula&#231;&#227;o possa ser uma causa de infarto do mioc&#225;rdio, embora esse conceito n&#227;o seja universalmente aceito<sup>3</sup>.</p>
    <p>At&#233; hoje, uma exce&#231;&#227;o not&#225;vel para a utilidade do VPM foi a doen&#231;a arterial coron&#225;ria (DAC) est&#225;vel, onde os valores do MPV n&#227;o est&#227;o relacionados com a gravidade e at&#233; mesmo com a presen&#231;a da DAC<sup>3,4</sup>. O presente estudo &#233; compat&#237;vel com a literatura pr&#233;via para uma vasta gama de valores de VPM, j&#225; que o VPM n&#227;o se correlacionou com o escore angiogr&#225;fico de Gensini. No entanto, uma an&#225;lise secund&#225;ria mostrou que pacientes com tamanho m&#233;dio de plaquetas abaixo da faixa normal (&lt;6,9 fL) apresentaram menor carga ateroscler&#243;tica coronariana em compara&#231;&#227;o com aqueles que tinham valores normais de VPM (dentro-da-refer&#234;ncia)<sup>5</sup>. Essa rela&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o linear do VPM com a gravidade da DAC cr&#244;nica poderia explicar por que estudos anteriores n&#227;o conseguiram mostrar uma associa&#231;&#227;o. Do ponto de vista cl&#237;nico, essa rela&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o linear tamb&#233;m limita severamente a utilidade do VPM a um pequeno n&#250;mero de pacientes com DAC est&#225;vel. Apesar dos reveses, os nossos resultados indicam que o VPM ainda pode ser um marcador &#250;til na DAC cr&#244;nica, j&#225; que a DAC menos grave pode ser antecipada em pacientes com um valor do VPM abaixo de 6.9 fL. Deve-se ter em mente que tirar conclus&#245;es a partir de um &#250;nico estudo pode ser perigoso e mais estudos s&#227;o necess&#225;rios para determinar-se esse conceito.</p>
    <p>O volume plaquet&#225;rio m&#233;dio n&#227;o &#233;, no entanto, o &#250;nico marcador &#250;til que poderia ser obtido a partir do hemograma completo (HC). Baixo n&#237;vel de hemoglobina &#233; um par&#226;metro conhecido e validado de progn&#243;stico em pacientes com DAC, e estudos mostram a utilidade de outros par&#226;metros relacionados com c&#233;lulas vermelhas, como a contagem de c&#233;lulas vermelhas e distribui&#231;&#227;o da largura das c&#233;lulas vermelhas<sup>6,7</sup>. A contagem de c&#233;lulas brancas, os par&#226;metros individuais das c&#233;lulas brancas e marcadores derivados, tais como a raz&#227;o neutr&#243;filos/linf&#243;citos, foram relacionados com a gravidade e o progn&#243;stico da DAC<sup>7</sup>. O uso integrado desses par&#226;metros facilmente obtidos juntamente com os outros e com os fatores de risco convencionais da DAC, poderia dar informa&#231;&#245;es clinicamente mais relevante do que os testes individuais.</p>
    <p>Embora diversos pequenos estudos ou estudos retrospectivos tenham repetidamente demonstrado o valor do VPM em uma variedade de doen&#231;as cardiovasculares, a utilidade cl&#237;nica do VPM em grandes ensaios randomizados ainda precisa ser demonstrado. Este ponto foi enfatizado corretamente em uma recente revis&#227;o feita por Leader e cols.<sup>8</sup>. A realiza&#231;&#227;o de ensaios de tamanho adequado, prospectivos e randomizados deve ser incentivada para avaliar a utilidade do VPM e marcadores semelhantes baseados no HC na pr&#225;tica cl&#237;nica.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Sinceramente,</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Tolga Sinan G&#252;ven&#231;</bold>
    </p>
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      <p>
        <bold>LETTER TO THE EDITOR</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Mean platelet volume may be associated with extent of coronary artery disease</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Sait Demirkol<sup>I</sup>; Sevket Balta<sup>I</sup>; Ugur Kucuk<sup>I</sup>; Hilal Olgun Kucuk<sup>II</sup></bold>
      </p>
      <p><sup>I</sup>Departamento de Cardiologia, Gulhane Medical Academy Ankara, Turquia</p>
      <p><sup>II</sup>Departamento de Cardiologia, Van Education and Research Hospital, Van, Turquia</p>
      <p>
        <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="enda-body2">Mailing Address</xref>
      </p>
      <p><bold>Keywords:</bold> Blood Platelet / metabolism; Coronary Artery Disease.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Dear Editor,</bold>
      </p>
      <p>We read with interest the article by Guven&#231; et al<sup>1</sup>. MPV is a widely used laboratory marker associated with platelet function based on inflammatory conditions<sup>2</sup>. Recently, increased levels of MPV were demonstrated in atrial fibrillation<sup>3</sup>, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral artery disease, stroke, thyroid and inflammatory rheumatic diseases<sup>4</sup>. In conclusion, not only MPV but also red cell distribution width, neutrophil lymphocyte ratio<sup>5</sup>, plateletcrit (PCT), platelet lymphocyte ratio, CRP, ferritin and uric acid are easy methods to evaluate the extent of CAD in patients with stable angina. These markers might be useful in clinical practice.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>References</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
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          <p>
            <bold>Mailing Address:</bold>
          </p>
          <p> Sevket Balta</p>
          <p> Gulhane Medical Faculty</p>
          <p> Postal Code 66010, Ankara, Turkey</p>
          <p> E-mail: </p>
          <p>
            <email xlink:href="drsevketb@gmail.com">drsevketb@gmail.com</email>
          </p>
        </fn>
      </p>
      <p>Manuscript received May 4, 2013; revised May 8, 2013; accepted May 22, 2013.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Reply</bold>
      </p>
      <p>We thank the authors for their constructive comments. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is considered as a promising marker to determine severity and prognosis of a variety of cardiovascular conditions<sup>1</sup>. As increased size is a sign of platelet immaturity and immature platelets have a tendency towards increased aggregation, it is generally considered that MPV is a marker of platelet reactivity<sup>2</sup>. It has also been hypothesized that the presence of larger platelets in circulation could be a cause of myocardial infarction, although this concept is not universally accepted<sup>3</sup>.</p>
      <p>To date, a notable exception for the usefulness of MPV was stable coronary artery disease (CAD), where MPV values were not related with the severity and even with the presence of CAD<sup>3,4</sup>. The present study is compatible with the previous literature for a wide range of MPV values, as MPV did not correlate with angiographic Gensini score. However, a secondary analysis showed that patients with mean platelet size below normal range (&lt; 6.9 fL) had lower coronary atherosclerotic burden compared to those with normal (within-reference) MPV values<sup>5</sup>. This non-linear relationship of MPV with the severity of chronic CAD could explain why previous studies failed to show an association. From a clinical standpoint, this nonlinear relationship also severely limits MPV usefulness to a rather small number of stable CAD patients. Despite setbacks, our findings indicate MPV could still be a useful marker in chronic CAD, as less severe CAD could be anticipated in patients with MPV value below 6.9 fL. It should be kept in mind that drawing conclusions from a single study could be dangerous and more studies are needed to ascertain this concept.</p>
      <p>Mean platelet volume is not, however, the sole useful marker that could be obtained from complete blood count (CBC). Low hemoglobin is a well-known and validated parameter of prognosis in patients with CAD and studies have shown the usefulness of other red-cell related parameters, such as red cell count and red cell distribution width<sup>6,7</sup>. White cell count, individual white cell parameters and derivative markers such as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, were related with severity and prognosis of CAD<sup>7</sup>. Integrative use of these readily obtainable parameters with each other and with conventional CAD risk factors could give more clinically-relevant information than individual tests.</p>
      <p>Although several small-sized or retrospective studies have repeatedly shown the value of MPV in a variety of cardiovascular conditions, clinical usefulness of MPV in large, randomized trials is yet to be demonstrated. This point was correctly emphasized in a recent review by Leader et al<sup>8</sup>. Conduction of properly-sized, prospective and randomized trials should be encouraged to evaluate the usefulness of MPV and similar CBC-based markers in clinical practice.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Sincerely</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Tolga Sinan G&#252;ven&#231;</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>References</bold>
      </p>
      <p content-type="ref-to-delete">2. Balta S, Demirkol S, Celik T, Kucuk U, Unlu M, Arslan Z, et al. Association between coronary artery ectasia and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio. Angiology. 2013 Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print] .</p>
      <p content-type="ref-to-delete">3. Balta S, Demirkol S, Kucuk U, Unlu M. Hemostatic markers can be pivotal roles of risk factors for new-onset atrial fibrillation. Platelets. 2013 Apr 3. [Epub ahead of print] .</p>
      <p content-type="ref-to-delete">4. Demirkol S, Balta S, Unlu M, Yuksel UC, Celik T, Arslan Z, et al. Evaluation of the mean platelet volume in patients with cardiac syndrome X. Clinics (S&#227;o Paulo). 2012;67(9):1019-22. </p>
      <p content-type="ref-to-delete">5. Cingoz F, Iyisoy A, Demirkol S, Sahin MA, Balta S, Celik T, et al. Carotid intima-media thickness in patients with slow coronary flow and its association with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio: a preliminary report. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2013 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print] .</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Correspond&#234;ncia:</bold>
      </p>
      <p> Sevket Balta </p>
      <p> Gulhane Medical Faculty </p>
      <p> C&#243;digo Postal 66010, Ankara, Turquia </p>
      <p> E-mail: <email xlink:href="drsevketb@gmail.com">drsevketb@gmail.com</email></p>
      <p>Artigo recebido em 04/05/13; revisado em 08/05/13, aceito em 22/05/13.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Carta-resposta</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Agradecemos aos autores por seus coment&#225;rios construtivos. O volume plaquet&#225;rio m&#233;dio (VPM) &#233; considerado como um marcador promissor para determinar a gravidade e progn&#243;stico de uma variedade de doen&#231;as cardiovasculares<sup>1</sup>. Como o tamanho aumentado &#233; um sinal de imaturidade das plaquetas e plaquetas imaturas possuem uma tend&#234;ncia para maior agrega&#231;&#227;o, geralmente considera-se que o VPM seja um marcador de reatividade das plaquetas<sup>2,3</sup>. Tem-se admitido a hip&#243;tese de que a presen&#231;a de plaquetas maiores em circula&#231;&#227;o possa ser uma causa de infarto do mioc&#225;rdio, embora esse conceito n&#227;o seja universalmente aceito<sup>3</sup>.</p>
      <p>At&#233; hoje, uma exce&#231;&#227;o not&#225;vel para a utilidade do VPM foi a doen&#231;a arterial coron&#225;ria (DAC) est&#225;vel, onde os valores do MPV n&#227;o est&#227;o relacionados com a gravidade e at&#233; mesmo com a presen&#231;a da DAC<sup>3,4</sup>. O presente estudo &#233; compat&#237;vel com a literatura pr&#233;via para uma vasta gama de valores de VPM, j&#225; que o VPM n&#227;o se correlacionou com o escore angiogr&#225;fico de Gensini. No entanto, uma an&#225;lise secund&#225;ria mostrou que pacientes com tamanho m&#233;dio de plaquetas abaixo da faixa normal (&lt;6,9 fL) apresentaram menor carga ateroscler&#243;tica coronariana em compara&#231;&#227;o com aqueles que tinham valores normais de VPM (dentro-da-refer&#234;ncia)<sup>5</sup>. Essa rela&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o linear do VPM com a gravidade da DAC cr&#244;nica poderia explicar por que estudos anteriores n&#227;o conseguiram mostrar uma associa&#231;&#227;o. Do ponto de vista cl&#237;nico, essa rela&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o linear tamb&#233;m limita severamente a utilidade do VPM a um pequeno n&#250;mero de pacientes com DAC est&#225;vel. Apesar dos reveses, os nossos resultados indicam que o VPM ainda pode ser um marcador &#250;til na DAC cr&#244;nica, j&#225; que a DAC menos grave pode ser antecipada em pacientes com um valor do VPM abaixo de 6.9 fL. Deve-se ter em mente que tirar conclus&#245;es a partir de um &#250;nico estudo pode ser perigoso e mais estudos s&#227;o necess&#225;rios para determinar-se esse conceito.</p>
      <p>O volume plaquet&#225;rio m&#233;dio n&#227;o &#233;, no entanto, o &#250;nico marcador &#250;til que poderia ser obtido a partir do hemograma completo (HC). Baixo n&#237;vel de hemoglobina &#233; um par&#226;metro conhecido e validado de progn&#243;stico em pacientes com DAC, e estudos mostram a utilidade de outros par&#226;metros relacionados com c&#233;lulas vermelhas, como a contagem de c&#233;lulas vermelhas e distribui&#231;&#227;o da largura das c&#233;lulas vermelhas<sup>6,7</sup>. A contagem de c&#233;lulas brancas, os par&#226;metros individuais das c&#233;lulas brancas e marcadores derivados, tais como a raz&#227;o neutr&#243;filos/linf&#243;citos, foram relacionados com a gravidade e o progn&#243;stico da DAC<sup>7</sup>. O uso integrado desses par&#226;metros facilmente obtidos juntamente com os outros e com os fatores de risco convencionais da DAC, poderia dar informa&#231;&#245;es clinicamente mais relevante do que os testes individuais.</p>
      <p>Embora diversos pequenos estudos ou estudos retrospectivos tenham repetidamente demonstrado o valor do VPM em uma variedade de doen&#231;as cardiovasculares, a utilidade cl&#237;nica do VPM em grandes ensaios randomizados ainda precisa ser demonstrado. Este ponto foi enfatizado corretamente em uma recente revis&#227;o feita por Leader e cols.<sup>8</sup>. A realiza&#231;&#227;o de ensaios de tamanho adequado, prospectivos e randomizados deve ser incentivada para avaliar a utilidade do VPM e marcadores semelhantes baseados no HC na pr&#225;tica cl&#237;nica.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Sinceramente,</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Tolga Sinan G&#252;ven&#231;</bold>
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