Clinical significance of plasma fibrinogen level in acute myocardial infarction

ABSTRACT

Plasma fibrinogen and serum cardiac enzymes have been evaluated in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Our results showed that plasma fibrinogen and cardiac enzymes were significantly higher in patients with Q-wave myocardial infarction in comparison with non Q-wave infarction. Furthermore, plasma fibrinogen tended to be significantly higher in patients with complicated Q-wave infarction, and it showed a multimodal pattern in its values during the course of illness. We conclude that plasma fibrinogen can serve as a good diagnostic and prognostic parameter for Q-wave myocardial infarction