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Plasma thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor levels and Thr325Ile polymorphism as a risk marker of myocardial infarction in Egyptian patients.
Acta cardiologica - 1 Aug 2011
Kamal Hanan M, Ahmed Amal S, Fawzy Manal S, Mohamed Faten A, Elbaz Amani A
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate whether thrombin activatable fibrinolytic inhibitor (TAFI) Thr325Ile polymorphism and TAFI antigen (Ag) levels could constitute a risk marker of myocardial infarction (MI) in Egyptian patients. STUDY POPULATION AND RESULTS: The study included forty-six patients with acute MI (mean age 55.7 +/- 8.1 years, 33 men, 13 women) compared with age and sex-matched...
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