1 Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa.
2 Département de Médecine Interne et Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Brest, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale Unité Mixte de Rechercherche (UMR) 1304-Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale (GETBO), Centre d'Investigation Clinique (CIC), French Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (F-CRIN), Investigation Network On Venous Thrombo-Embolism (INNOVTE), Brest, France.
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