Hypercoagulability Is a Stronger Risk Factor for Ischaemic Stroke than for Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review.

Hypercoagulability increases the risk of arterial thrombosis; however, this effect may differ between various manifestations of arterial disease.In this study, we compared the effect of coagulation factors as measures of hypercoagulability on the risk of ischaemic stroke (IS) and myocardial infarcti...

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Main Authors: Alberto Maino, Frits R Rosendaal, Ale Algra, Flora Peyvandi, Bob Siegerink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4529149?pdf=render