Essential hypertension (EH) is associated with an increased incidence of arterial thrombotic complications, which is sustained by a number of factors: endothelial dysfunction, clinically detectable atherosclerosis, increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), changes in coagulation and fibrinolysis and increased platelet activation. When platelets are activated, they aggregate with each other and with monocytes forming monocyte–platelet aggregates (MPA). Circulating MPA levels represent the most sensitive and robust marker in several clinical settings. The objective of this study was to investigate the presence of ιIncreased thrombotic tendency and factors associating with it from...