<p>During the past decades, extensive data from the general population have revealed that patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE, i.e., deep vein thrombosis [DVT] and pulmonary embolism [PE]). The risk is highest in the initial 0-6 months following an acute MI, and declines rapidly thereafter. The explanation for the observed association ...