2. High cardiovascular risk due to having experienced a prior vascular event such as an ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction or venous thromboembolism. Objective documentation of these events must be accurately reviewed and registered. Stroke and pulmonary embolism must be documented by an imaging study, deep vein thrombosis by ultrasound or other objective methods, myocardial infarction by typical ECG changes and/or an increase in serum troponin. Minor thrombotic events such as transient ischemic attacks, superficial thrombophlepitis or atypical microcirculatory disturbances alone or in combination are considered to qualifying events.