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Fibrinolytic proteins and progression of coronary artery disease in relation to gemfibrozil therapy.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Mar 2000
Hamsten A, Syvänne M, Silveira A, Luong L A, Nieminen M S, Humphries S, Frick M H, Taskinen M R
Abstract excerpt
Impaired fibrinolytic function, mainly due to increased plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) activity, is common in patients with manifest coronary artery disease (CAD) and a predictor of recurrent cardiovascular events. We investigated the relationships of plasma tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and PAI-1 antigen levels, plasma PAI-1 activity and PAI 4/5-guanosine (4G/5G) genotype to CAD...
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