High fibrinogen level is an independent predictor of presence and extent of coronary artery disease among Italian population

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-463

  De Luca, Giuseppe ^a   Verdoia, Monica ^a   Cassetti, Ettore ^a   Schaffer, Alon ^a   Cavallino, Chiara ^a   Bolzani, Virginia ^a   Marino, Paolo ^a  

^a Azienda Universitaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD; Carotid IMT; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALIAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AGE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ITALY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80052311955     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-010-0531-z     Document Type: Article

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