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THROMBOSIS RESEARCH
Volume 122, Issue 1, Pages 1-12Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2007.06.003
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peripheral arterial disease; fibrinogen; risk factors; hemostasis
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with high rates of cerebrovascular and disease; Fibrinogen; cardiovascular events; PAD is a marker of systemic atherosclerosis. As a result, standard Risk factors; therapy for all PAD patients should be directed at both peripheral and systemic Hemostasis atherosclerosis. Modification of established risk factors in the form of smoking cessation, correcting hypertension, optimizing diabetic control and normalizing Lipids is essential. Furthermore, novel risk factors have emerged including fibrinogen and other hemostatic factors. Fibrinogen is a coagulation factor and a marker of the acute phase response (inflammation), a platelet activator, a major determinant of plasma viscosity and a component of the atherosclerotic plaque. Fibrinogen appears not only to predict the severity of PAD, but also serves as a marker for future development of PAD. Whether reducing the levels of fibrinogen and other coagulation factors will decrease the incidence and progression of PAD remains to be resolved. This review summarizes the role of fibrinogen in the pathogenesis of PAD and its association with other hemostatic factors. The role of fibrinolysis in patients with PAD is also considered. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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