1. Age distribution of increased plasma total homocysteine (≥14 μmol/L) among patients referred to vascular prevention clinics.
Age distribution of increased plasma total homocysteine (≥14 μmol/L) among patients referred to vascular prevention clinics. Among patients attending secondary stroke prevention clinic of JDS at University Hospital in London, Canada, the prevalence of a plasma total homocysteine >14 µmol/L is more than 40% at age 80 and higher: precisely the age group in which atrial fibrillation is the most common cause of stroke. (Reproduced with permission of Elsevier from Spence D. Mechanisms of thrombogenesis in atrial fibrillation. Lancet 2009 Mar 21;373 (9668):1006).
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