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Irene Meissner, MD^*,*, Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, Sheldon G. Sheps, MD, Gary L. Schwartz, MD, David O. Wiebers, MD^*, Jack P. Whisnant, MD, Jody L. Covalt, RN^||, Tanya M. Petterson, MS^¶, Teresa J.H. Christianson, BS^¶ and Yoram Agmon, MD

^* Department of Neurology
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine
Division of Hypertension and Internal Medicine
Division of Epidemiology
^|| Mayo Stroke Center
^¶ Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier curves for cardiac events (CAD) and cerebrovascular events (CVD) by age (quartiles, stacked).

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curves for cardiac events (CAD) and cerebrovascular events (CVD) by type of atherosclerosis (stacked).