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Fibrinogen

Soluble blood protein which forms a solid clot when converted to fibrin at the end of the coagulation cascade. Activated platelets bind to fibrinogen to form platelet-rich thrombus in coronary thrombosis. In some surveys, it was found that people with high levels of fibrinogen in the blood were more likely to develop coronary heart disease.

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