Abstract
Until recently venous and arterial thrombosis were considered mechanistically distinct
entities. However, their separate nature has been challenged by several studies showing
that these conditions share a number of risk factors such as age, obesity, infections
and the metabolic syndrome. The existence of an association is further supported by
the finding that patients with venous thromboembolism are at higher risk of arterial
events and vice versa. This review article addresses the association between venous
and arterial thrombosis and its clinical and therapeutic implications. We conclude
that arterial and venous thrombosis are mechanistically different, but that common
risk factors are more relevant and frequent than previously thought.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 25, 2008
Accepted:
October 1,
2007
Received:
September 12,
2007
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© 2008 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
