Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Platelet Function

Exclusion Criteria

• •taking medications for chronic cardiovascular diseases.
• •illnesses requiring hospitalization or surgery within the last three months.
• •history of drug or alcohol abuse.
• •history of recent anemia or thrombocytopenia.
• •history of excessive bleeding or thrombosis.
• •pregnancy.
• •For coronary heart disease subjects, subjects who fulfill one or more of the following criteria will be excluded from the study.
• •illnesses requiring hospitalization or surgery within the last one month.
• •history of drug or alcohol abuse.
• •history of recent anemia or thrombocytopenia.
• •pregnancy.
• •recent bleeding diathesis
• •malignancy
• •renal insufficiency
• •liver dysfunction
• •treatment with warfarin or glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa antagonists during the preceding 14 days