“…The present Hokusai PTS study is part of the Hokusai post‐VTE study, which is dedicated to assessing long‐term outcomes (NCT04007653). We previously reported the methods and findings of the Hokusai post‐PE study 38 . In short, in 2016, we approached 78 study centers, based on the number of patients included in the original Hokusai‐VTE trial (>10 patients) and language, and located in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom, and United States of America to participate in the Hokusai post‐VTE study.…”