Impact of Incident Venous Thromboembolism on Risk of Arterial Thrombotic Diseases.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings imply that women and young men with VTE have higher risk of arterial thrombotic disease than those without VTE. However, only 1% of the arterial thrombotic events in the population are attributed to VTE.
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Source: Circulation - November 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lind C, Flinterman LE, Enga KF, Severinsen MT, Kristensen SR, Braekkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Cannegieter SC, Overvad K, Hansen JB Tags: Circulation Source Type: research