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Such energy drinks can cause cardiac arrhythmias, damage the endothelium, the tissue that lines blood vessels, and aggregate blood platelets, Munshi said.—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2025 Studies have shown that both erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to more easily clump — creating clots that can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, damaging blood vessels or triggering a stroke.—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 Lately Rigel has seen big sales increases for a few of its drugs, notably Tavelisse, which combats a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks its own blood platelets.—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Francis had also received transfusions to address low blood platelets, the Vatican said.—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood platelet