TY - JOUR T1 - Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1-675 4G/5G and Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Variants in Young Acute Myocardial Infarction and Juvenile Ischemic Stroke AU - , Giulia Bivona AU - , Chiara Bellia AU - , Salvatore Cammarieri AU - , Bruna Lo Sasso AU - , Rosachiara Carollo AU - , Rosalinda Raineri AU - , Gaia Chiarello AU - , Antonietta Caruso AU - , Marcello Ciaccio JO - Research Journal of Biological Sciences VL - 3 IS - 11 SP - 1341 EP - 1343 PY - 2008 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-8846 DO - rjbsci.2008.1341.1343 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2008.1341.1343 KW - Thrombophilia KW -stroke KW -myocardial infarction KW -gene variants KW -plasminogen AB - Cardiovascular diseases often recognize a hereditary-familial genetic risk patterns and a substantial proportion of variability in clinical features of atherosclerosis could probably be explained by genetic factors. Aim of this study is to compare prevalence of factor V Leiden, factor II 20210A, PAI-1-675 4G/5G and MTHFR C677T gene variants in 2 cardiovascular disease clinical features: young acute myocardial infarction (<50 years) and ischemic stroke. Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1-675 4G/5G didn’t show significant difference between patients and controls while, between patient groups, the polymorphism was most present in myocardial infarction group than in juvenile stroke. Polymorphisms in Homocysteine metabolism: MTHFR C677T variants was significantly higher in patients with myocardial infarction compared with those affected by ischemic Stroke. ER -