A Patient came to me recently that had been evaluated for high Fibrinogen in the past. I usually get labs if a patient requests them. But I don't routinely follow fibrinogen. This video tells why. It also goes into the history of fibrinogen. I was discovered to be a risk over 30 years ago, in studies like Framingham. Here's a link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3626001/ Other studies, such as an Annals of Epidemiology study, continued to show risk. This one actually showed some independent nature of the risk: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/1047279792900958 Several LEI ( Life Extension Institute) articles were published after these indicating major risk factors. I quoted one, which gave an indicator of both management (aspirin, vits A, C and E, ) and of course, smoking cessation, weight loss, and management of blood pressure. Finally, we covered an interesting article showing overlap of plaque imaging studies and fibrinogen: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282270/
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