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[Beta-thromboglobulin and fibrinopeptide A in acute myocardial infarction]

M Cassetti, G Palazzesi, M Materazzi

    Quaderni Sclavo Di Diagnostica Clinica E Di Laboratorio
    |June 1, 1985
    PubMed

    Fifty patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction were evaluated for beta-thromboglobulin and fibrinopeptide A (FpA) during the first 12 hours after admission. It has been noted that beta-thromboglobulin levels were higher than normal in most of patients examined, whereas FpA levels were higher only in four cases. On the contrary, after 12 hours beta-thromboglobulin levels were normal in all subjects whereas FpA levels showed the same high values. These results indicate that platelets may play an important role only in the acute phase of infarction and that the thrombus formation, accounted for by presence of fibrinogen derivative, only later might occur.

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