Factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A, and risk of sudden coronary death in apparently healthy persons

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-68

  Reiner, Alexander P ^a   Rosendaal, Frits R ^b   Reitsma, Pieter H ^b   Lemaitre, Rozenn N ^b   Pearce, Rachel M ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^a   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^b   Psaty, Bruce M ^a   Siscovick, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0036642764     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02391-3     Document Type: Article

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4. Dietary intake and cell-membrane levels of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risk of primary cardiac arrest
5. Factor V leiden (resistance to activated protein C) increases the risk of myocardial infarction in young women
6. A common prothrombin variant (20210 G to A) increases the risk of myocardial infarction in young women
7. Sudden cardiac death