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How to search for the role and prevalence of defective fibrinolytic states as triggers of myocardial infarction? The haemostasis epidemiologist's view.
Italian heart journal : official journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology - 1 Sept 2001
Lowe G D
Abstract excerpt
The most useful phenotypic measures of fibrinolysis in prediction of myocardial infarction currently appear to be tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) antigen and fibrin D-dimer. Recent meta-analyses of prospective studies show significant associations with incident ischaemic heart disease (including myocardial infarction) after adjustment for classical risk factors. The odds ratio in the top third versus the...
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