[Fibrinogen, a cardiovascular risk factor].

: Fibrinogen level is an independent predisposing factor for coronary heart disease and has a prognostic significance comparable with that of cigarette smoking, serum cholesterol level and hypertension. In our study fibrinogen levels were measured in 45 patients with cardiovascular disease of which 25 (55%) had a high fibrinogen level and in 45 persons healty, of which only 3 (6.6%) increased fibrinogen. The impact of fibrinogen level on the risk of cardiovascular disease was more consistent in men of all ages considered. The authors note that the independent contribution of fibrinogen to the cardiovascular risk may reflect hypercoagulability, hyperviscosity and increased platelet aggregation. Therefore they consider, the dosing of fibrinogen level important in the research of cardiovascular risk factors.