Susan R Kahn, MD, MSc¹, Andrew Hirsch, MD^2*, Margaret Beddaoui, MSc^3*, Arash Akaberi, MSc^3*, David Anderson, MD⁴, Philip S Wells, MD, MSc⁵, Marc Rodger, MD, MSc⁶, Susan Solymoss, MD⁷, Michael J. Kovacs, MD⁸, Lawrence Rudski, MD^7*, Avi Shimony, MD^9*, Carole Dennie, MD^10*, Chris Rush, MD^11*, William H. Geerts, MD¹², Paul Hernandez, MD^4*, Shawn Aaron, MD^13* and John T Granton, MD^14*

¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
²Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
³Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
⁴Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
⁵Department of Medicine, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
⁶Department of Hematology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
⁷Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
⁹Department of Cardiology, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
¹⁰Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
¹¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
¹²Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
¹³Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
¹⁴Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Susan R Kahn, MD, MSc¹, Andrew Hirsch, MD^2*, Margaret Beddaoui, MSc^3*, Arash Akaberi, MSc^3*, David Anderson, MD⁴, Philip S Wells, MD, MSc⁵, Marc Rodger, MD, MSc⁶, Susan Solymoss, MD⁷, Michael J. Kovacs, MD⁸, Lawrence Rudski, MD^7*, Avi Shimony, MD^9*, Carole Dennie, MD^10*, Chris Rush, MD^11*, William H. Geerts, MD¹², Paul Hernandez, MD^4*, Shawn Aaron, MD^13* and John T Granton, MD^14*

¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
²Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
³Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
⁴Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
⁵Department of Medicine, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
⁶Department of Hematology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
⁷Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
⁹Department of Cardiology, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
¹⁰Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
¹¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
¹²Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
¹³Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
¹⁴Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Jean-Philippe Galanaud, MD, PhD^1*, Marie-Antoinette Sevestre, MD, PhD^2*, Céline Genty, MsC^3*, Susan R Kahn, MD, MSc^4,5, Gilles Pernod, MD, PhD^6*, Dominique Brisot, MD^7*, Isabelle Quéré, MD, PhD^1* and Jean-Luc Bosson, MD, PhD^3*

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
²Vascular Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
³Clinical Investigation Center, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
⁴Division of Internal Medicine and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
⁵Center for Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
⁶Department of Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Grenoble, Grenoble, France
⁷Vascular Medicine Office, Clapiers, France

Florian Posch, MD MSc^1*, Johanna Gebhart, MD^1*, Jacob H. Rand, MD^2*, Bas de Laat, MD PhD^3*, Silvia Koder^1*, Peter Quehenberger, MD^4*, Cihan Ay^5* and Ingrid Pabinger, MD¹

¹Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna / Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weil Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
³Cardiovascular Research Insitute Maastricht, Deparment of Biochemistry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
⁴Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
⁵Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Cihan Ay, MD^1*, Florian Posch, MD MSc^1*, Julia Riedl, MD^2*, Oliver Koenigsbruegge, MD^2*, Peter Quehenberger, MD^3*, Christoph Zielinski, MD^4* and Ingrid Pabinger, MD¹

¹Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna / Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
²Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
⁴Clinical Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anna Falanga, MD^1,2, Marina Marchetti, MSc, PhD^1*, Cristina Verzeroli^1*, Cinzia Giaccherini^1*, Giovanna Masci^3*, Armando Santoro, MD^4*, Filippo De Braud^5*, Luigi Celio^5*, Roberto Labianca^6*, Mario Mandalà^7*, Barbara Merelli^7*, Carlo Tondini^7*, Giampietro Gasparini^8*, Roberta Sarmiento^8*, Carmen Julia Tartari^1*, Francesca Piras, MSc^1*, Sara Gamba, MSc^1*, Francesca Rio^1*, Viola Milesi^1*, Serena Tessarolo^1*, Alfonso Vignoli^1* and Laura Russo^1*

¹Division of Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
²Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
³Division of Medical Oncology, Humanitas Rozzano, Milan, Italy
⁴Fondazione ‘G.Pascale’, IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Naples, Italy
⁵IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
⁶Cancer Centre, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
⁷Division of Medical Oncology, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
⁸Division of Medical Oncology, Hospital San Filippo Neri, Rome, Italy