Copyright © 2003 by the European Society of Cardiology.
Editorial
Fibrinogen: a predictor of stroke and marker of atherosclerosis
Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center-Miami Heart Institute, 4300 Alton Road, Suite 207A, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA and the Departments of Medicine & Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine
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See doi:10.1016/S1095-668X(02)00467-0for the article to which this editorial refers.
Fibrinogen was demonstrated, more than 40 years ago, to be elevated among patients with acute thrombosis. The first prospective study to show an association between fibrinogen levels and subsequent cardiovascular disease risk was the Gothenburg Heart Study from Sweden in 1984.1 In the Northwick Park Heart Study2 from the UK, fibrinogen and factor VII appeared to be as effective as total
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