Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(01): 053-059DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657500 Hemostatic predictors of thrombosis: the contribution of epidemiology Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart Fibrinolytic and Inflammatory Markers for Arterial Occlusion: The Evolving Epidemiology of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Paul M Ridker Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article PDF (1240 kb) References References 1 Ridker PM. Association of hemostatic and thrombotic factors with cardiovascular risk. In Schafer A. (ed) Molecular Mechanisms of Hypercoagulable States. RG Landes; New York: 1997 2 Ridker PM, Vaughan DE, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Hennekens CH. Endogenous tissue-type plasminogen activator and risk of myocardial infarction. Lancet 1993; 341: 1165-1168 3 Ridker PM, Hennekens CH, Stampfer MJ, Manson JE, Vaughan DE. 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