Kazuo Miyazawa1, Daniele Pastori2, Gregory Y H Lip3. 1. Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2. Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, I Clinica Medica, Atherothrombosis Centre, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 3. Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. Electronic address: g.y.h.lip@bham.ac.uk.