Bß-Fibrinogen Gene Promoter –455 G/A Polymorphism Associates with Severity of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Male Victims of Sudden Pre-Hospital Death

Martiskainen M^1,2*, Mikkelsson J^1,4, Goebeler S¹, Ilveskoski E^1,3 and Karhunen PJ¹

¹School of Medicine, University of Tampere and Research Unit of the Laboratory Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

²Heart Center / Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

³Heart Center / Division of Cardiology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

⁴Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland

^*Corresponding Author: Martiskainen M, MD, Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical School, University of Tampere, 33014 University Of Tampere, Finland, Tel: +358 3 355 111, Fax: +358 3 3551 6170 Email: