RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Serum fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products as a prognostic index in acute myocardial infarction.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 821
OP 824
DO 10.1136/jcp.28.10.821
VO 28
IS 10
A1 Samarendra-Lal-Choudhury
A1 J R Edge
A1 D Stansfield
YR 1975
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/28/10/821.abstract
AB A study of the prognostic value of serum fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) in 137 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction showed a positive correlation between high FDP levels and poor prognosis. Both the frequency of complications and the mortality were related to increased levels of FDP, the highest of which were found between the fourth and eighth days after infarction.