Oxidized fibrinogen and its relationship with hemostasis disturbances and endothelial dysfunction during coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction
Ragino, I.I.; Baum, V.A.; Polonskaia, I.V.; Baum, S.R.; Nikitin, I.P.
Kardiologiia 49(9): 4-8
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 19772496 Document Number: 630992
The highest oxidative modification of fibrinogen was found in acute myocardial infarction (MI) men and it was 1.26 and 1.56 times higher in comparison with coronary heart disease (CHD) men with anamnesis of MI and with men without CHD, respectively. Increased oxidized fibrinogen level correlated with increased levels of plasma lipid peroxidation products, Willebrand factor, fibrin degradation products, accelerated leukocyte-platelet aggregation and decreased level of plasma NO metabolites. Associations of oxidized fibrinogen with MI and typical parameters of thrombosis and hypercoagulatory hemostasis disturbances and endothelial function were revealed.