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SUBMITTER: Gijsberts CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4912281 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gijsberts Crystel M CM den Ruijter Hester M HM de Kleijn Dominique P V DPV Huisman Albert A Ten Berg Maarten J MJ van Wijk Richard H A RHA Asselbergs Folkert W FW Voskuil Michiel M Pasterkamp Gerard G van Solinge Wouter W WW Hoefer Imo E IE
Medicine 20151101 45
Prediction of primary cardiovascular events has been thoroughly investigated since the landmark Framingham risk score was introduced. However, prediction of secondary events after initial events of coronary artery disease (CAD) poses a new challenge. In a cohort of coronary angiography patients (n = 1760), we examined readily available hematological parameters from the UPOD (Utrecht Patient Oriented Database) and their addition to prediction of secondary cardiovascular events. Backward stepwise ...[more]