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Nature Reviews Cardiology 3, 352–353 (1 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0572

Infection precipitates venous thromboembolism

Smeeth L et al. (2006) Risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after acute infection in a community setting. Lancet 367: 1075–1079 A link between infection and increased risk of venous thromboembolism has been widely reported.