Determinants of platelet count in pediatric patients with congenital cyanotic heart disease: Role of immature platelet fraction.
Randa M MatterIman Ahmed RagabAlaa M RoushdyAhmed G AhmedHanan H AlyEman A IsmailPublished in: Congenital heart disease (2017)
We suggest that elevated IPF in CCHD patients with thrombocytopenia may denote peripheral platelets destruction as an underlying mechanism. Hemoglobin level, RBCs count, Hct, and RET-He were not significant determinants for platelet count in CCHD.