Open AccessCardiovascular Risk Factors and Venous Thromboembolism
Author(s) -
Walter Ageno,
Cecilia Becattini,
Timothy Brighton,
Rita Selby,
Pieter W. Kamphuisen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.709204
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , cohort study , meta analysis , asymptomatic , endocrinology
The concept that venous thromboembolism (VTE) and atherosclerosis are 2 completely distinct entities has recently been challenged because patients with VTE have more asymptomatic atherosclerosis and more cardiovascular events than control subjects. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the association between cardiovascular risk factors and VTE.
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