Abstract:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality despite identification of major cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and risk reduction via appropriate interventions. During the last years several markers have been studied as potential predictors of CV events. Hemostatic and thrombotic factors such as fibrinogen, homocysteine, factor VII, von Willebrand, tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor -1, D-dimer and lipoprotein ( ) have been found to be closely… Show more
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