Haemorheological, platelet and endothelial indices in relation to global measures of cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients: a substudy of the Anglo‐Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial

Abstract

Abnormal haemorheological factors (particularly high plasma fibrinogen levels) and endothelial damage/dysfunction (high vWF), but not platelet activation (sP-sel), are related to established cardiovascular and death risk scores. This relationship was most evident amongst male 'high-risk' hypertensive subjects.