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Article: Studies from General Hospital further understanding of thrombophilia.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- September 13, 2009
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"Intravascular thrombogenesis is influenced by a complex interplay of procoagulant, anticoagulant, fibrinolytic, endothelial damage/dysfunction and inflammatory factors. We hypothesised that abnormalities of these biological systems would contribute to coronary artery disease presenting at a young age," scientists in Alicante, Spain report (see also Thrombophilia).
"We performed a case-control study of 142 subjects presenting with MI at a young age (
The researchers concluded: "Premature coronary artery disease is characterized by an unfavourable lipid profile, low concentrations of HDL-C and high triglyceride levels, in association with high Lp(a) and a ...