Plasma fibrin D-dimer levels and risk of stable coronary artery disease: Results of a large case-control study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1701-1705

  Koenig, Wolfgang ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Hoffmeister, Albrecht ^a   Griesshammer, Martin ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Coronary artery disease; D dimer; Hemostasis; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035726359     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hq1001.097020     Document Type: Article

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