ANGINA OF NEW-ONSET - PREDICTIVE VALUE OF PLASMA-FIBRINOGEN LEVELS FOR CLINICAL REMISSIONS DURING 1-1.5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

A repeated 13.5-month follow-up of 51 patients after hospitalization f or angina of new onset showed a clinical remission in 13 (26%) patient s. According to the primary examination findings, the patients with cl inical remission had lower fibrinogen levels than those without remiss ion (432+/-94 versus 542+/-196 mg/dl; p=0.011). Multifactorial analysi s demonstrated that the plasma level of fibrinogen was closely related to the occurrence of a clinical remission to the same extent as the ' 'routine'' predictors, such as the number of coronary arteries, was as sociated with hemodynamically significant stenoses and the results of exercise tolerance test.