Patients with ischemic stroke and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have elevated fibrinogen levels, which correlate positively with apnea severity, suggest Wessendorf et al in a paper published in the ...

However, it remains unclear whether elevated fibrinogen levels are a cause or consequence of atherosclerosis. In the Copenhagen City Heart Study the relative risk of developing a stroke was almost ...

Grifols is gearing up to file for approval of a drug for rare bleeding disorder acquired fibrinogen deficiency (AFD) that could provide a more reliable and easier treatment for patients.

Elevated fibrinogen levels and a prothrombotic state. All of these factors increase the patients' risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Given the insidious onset of ...

Hypertrophic scars are the result of an abnormal inflammatory response to ... the response causes excess production of ...