Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the plasma fibrinogen level and D-dimer reaction in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) together with other haematological parameters.Design: A prospective clinico-haematological study.Setting: Intensive coronary care unit in Ibn-Sina teaching hospital in Mosul during a period of 4 months from October 2004.Participants: Forty patients with acute myocardial infarction together with a control group of 40 subjects.Main outcome measures: Basic haematological parameters, plasma fibinogen level and plasma D-dimer reaction tests. Biochemical tests including cardiac enzymes measurement as creatine kinase (CK) and asparate transaminase (AST) were performed.Results: Plasma fibrinogen level, white blood cell count and neutrophils count were significantly higher in patients compared to control group with P values (
