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Inherited platelet disorders affecting the human platelet cytoskeleton result in increased bleeding risk. However, deciphering their impact on cytoskeleton-dependent intrinsic biomechanics of platelets remains challenging and represents an unmet need from a diagnostic and prognostic perspective. It is currently unclear whether ex vivo anticoagulants used during collection of peripheral blood impact the mechanophenotype of cellular components of blood. Using unbiased, high-throughput functional mechanophenotyping of single human platelets by real-time deformability cytometry, we found that ex vivo anticoagulants are a critical pre-analytical variable that differentially influences platelet deformation, their size, and functional response to agonists by altering the cytoskeleton. We applied our findings to characterize the functional mechanophenotype of platelets from a patient with Myosin Heavy Chain 9 (MYH9) related macrothrombocytopenia. Our data suggest that platelets from MYH9 p.E1841K mutation in humans affecting platelet non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIa (NMMHC-IIA) are biomechanically less deformable in comparison to platelets from healthy individuals.