Population
19 patients with a significant primary coronary stenosis, proven by quantitative CAAS analysis
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Pre-PTCA PAI-1 and t-PA levels were associated with restenosis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Impaired baseline fibrinolytic activity, indicated by high PAI-1 and low t-PA levels, may predict the development of restenosis after PTCA.
Nielsen et al. (2001) studied this question.
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