International partners

• Follow-up after Acute Pulmonary Embolism (FOCUS) Investigators Network: Leonhard Bruch, Berlin, Germany; Ralf Ewert, Greifswald, Germany; Martin Faehling, Esslingen, Germany; Stephan Rosenkranz and Felix Gerhardt, Cologne, Germany; Hossein-Ardeschir Ghofrani, Giessen, Germany; Ekkehard Grünig, Heidelberg, Germany; Michael Halank, Dresden, Germany; Matthias Held, Würzburg, Germany; Marius M. Hoeper, Hannover, Germany; Hanno H. Leuchte, Neuwittelsbach, Germany; F. Joachim Meyer, Munich Bogenhausen, Germany; Claus Neurohr, Munich (LMU), Germany; Christian Opitz, Berlin Westend, Germany; Hans-Jürgen Seyfarth, Leipzig, Germany; Rolf Wachter, Göttingen & Leipzig, Germany; Heinrike Wilkens, Homburg/Saar, Germany

• Pulmonary Embolism International Thrombolysis (PEITHO)-3 Investigators Network: Olivier Sanchez, Paris, France; Walter Ageno, Varese, Italy; Harald Binder, Freiburg, Germany; Daniel Dürschmied, Mannheim, Germany; Klaus Empen, Dessau, Germany; Philippe Girard, Paris, France; Menno Huisman, Leiden, the Netherlands; David Jiménez, Madrid, Spain; Sandrine Katsahian, Paris, France; Matija Kozak, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Nicolas Meneveau, Benançon, France; Piotr Pruszczyk, Warsaw, Poland; Antoniu Petris, Iasi, Romania; Marc Righini, Geneva, Switzerland; Stephan Rosenkranz, Cologne, Germany; Sebastian Schellong, Dresden, Germany; Branislav Stefanovic, Belgrade, Serbia; Peter Verhamme, Leuven, Belgium; Kerstin de Wit, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Eric Vicaut, Paris, France; Andreas Zirlik, Graz, Austria

• Higher-Risk-Pulmonary Embolism (HI-PEITHO) Investigators Network: Gregory, Piazza, Boston, MA, USA; Andrew S. P. Sharp, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom; Fionnuala Ní Ainle, Dublin, Ireland; Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Boston, MA, USA; Nils Kucher, Zurich, Switzerland; Irene M. Lang, Vienna, Austria; Keith M. Sterling, Alexandria, Virginia, USA; Kenneth Rosenfield, Boston, MA, USA

• Enhanced Recovery and Abbreviated Duration of Anticoagulation for Thromboprophylaxis after Primary Hip Arthroplasty (Enhanced AAA) Investigators Network: Philipp Drees, Mainz, Germany;  Walter Ageno, Varese, Italy; Stefano Barco, Zurich, Switzerland; Rupert Bauersachs, Frankfurt, Germany; Erik Lerkevang Grove, Aarhus, Denmark; Henrik Kehlet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Klaus-Peter Günther, Dresden, Germany; Christoph Meister, Mainz, Germany; Andreas Halder, Sommerfeld, Germany; Günther Aldinger, Stuttgart, Germany; Wolfgang Schneider, Vienna, Austria; Manfred Krieger, Rüsselsheim, Germany; Philipp Rehbein and Karl-Philipp Kutzner, Wiesbaden, Germany;  Ulrich Nöth, Berlin, Germany, Joachim Grifka, Regensburg, Germany

• Statins for Venous Event Reduction in Patients with Venous Thromboembolism (SAVER) Investigators Network: Aurélien Delluc, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Marc Rodger, Montréal, QC, Canada; Waleed Ghanima, Oslo, Norway; Nick van Es, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Francis Couturaud, Brest, France; Fionnuala Ní Ainle, Dublin, Ireland; Sara Ng, Bowral, NSW, Australia, Mary Cushman, Burlington, VT, USA; Lisa M Baumann Kreuziger, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Sebastian Schellong, Dresden, Germany; Jan Beyer-Westendorf, Dresden, Germany; Daniel Dürschmied, Mannheim, Germany; Marianne Brodmann, Graz, Austria; Christian Erbel, Heidelberg, Germany; Oliver Müller, Kiel, Germany; Katja Mühlberg, Leipzig, Germany; Christine Espinola-Klein, Mainz, Germany; Ulrich Hoffmann, Munich, Germany; Nasser Malyar, Münster, Germany; Birgit Linnemann, Regensburg, Germany; Oliver Schlager, Vienna, Austria; Stefano Barco, Zurich, Switzerland