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[Fibrinogen: a cardiovascular risk factor].

J L Colas1, G Montalescot, C Tribouilloy

  • 1Service de Cardiologie B, CHU Sud, Amiens.

Presse Medicale (Paris, France : 1983)
|November 17, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Fibrinogen is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, predicting cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke. Further research is needed to confirm if lowering fibrinogen levels reduces these events.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Fibrinogen plays a crucial role in thrombosis and inflammation.
  • Epidemiological and pathophysiological data suggest fibrinogen is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the role of fibrinogen as an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events.
  • To assess fibrinogen's predictive value for various vascular pathologies.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing pathophysiological and epidemiological data.
  • Analysis of studies correlating serum fibrinogen levels with atheromatous lesions and clinical events.

Main Results:

  • Serum fibrinogen levels independently predict the presence and severity of coronary artery atherosclerosis and related events (sudden death, myocardial infarction, angina).
  • Fibrinogen is a marker for cerebrovascular events and predicts recurrent events, correlating with carotid lesion progression.
  • It's also an independent predictor for atherosclerosis severity in the thoracic aorta, lower limb arteries, and silent plaques.

Conclusions:

  • Fibrinogen is a significant independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.
  • Further large-scale prospective studies are required to investigate if therapeutic reduction of serum fibrinogen can decrease cardiovascular event rates.

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