Myocardial Infarction
Plasma levels of tPA antigen strongly associated with MI in young women
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 7th, 2005
P.M. Mannucci, of the Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center in Milan, and colleagues wrote, "Women who develop acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at a young age have fewer classical risk factors and less coronary stenosis than older women. In this rare population it is plausible that a heightened hemostatic system may play an important mechanistic role in thrombus formation and in the development of AMI."
The researchers' study looked at "whether or not there is an...
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