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Myocardial Infarction
Plasma levels of tPA antigen strongly associated with MI in young women
April 7th, 2005
Researchers in Italy report that circulating levels of tissue plasminogen activator are strongly associated with myocardial infarction (heart attack) in young women. 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...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-07)
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