Carotid atherosclerosis predicts future myocardial infarction but not venous thromboembolism: The Tromsø study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 226-230

  Hald, Erin M ^a,c   Lijfering, Willem M ^b   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,c   Johnsen, Stein Harald ^a,c   Løchen, Maja Lisa ^a   Njølstad, Inger ^a   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Rosendaal, Frits R ^b   Brækkan, Sigrid K ^a,b   Hansen, John Bjarne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84891831482     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.302162     Document Type: Article

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