Abbreviations, acronyms & symbols
ACCP	= American College of Chest Physicians		MI	= Myocardial infarction
ACS	= Acute coronary syndrome		MRI	= Magnetic resonance imaging
AF	= Atrial fibrillation		NOACs	= Non-vitamin K antagonists oral anticoagulants
CABG	= Coronary artery bypass graft		PAD	= Peripheral arterial disease
CAD	= Coronary artery disease		PE	= Pulmonary embolism
CDC	= Centers for Disease Control and Prevention		PESI	= Pulmonary embolism severity index
CHD	= Coronary heart disease		RCT	= Randomized controlled trials
CUS	= Compression ultrasonography		RR	= Relative risk
CVD	= Cardiovascular disease		RV	= Right ventricular
DVT	= Deep vein thrombosis		sPESI	= Simplified pulmonary embolism severity index
HFS	= Hip fracture surgery		THA	= Total hip arthroplasty
HT	= Hypertension		TIA	= Transient ischemic attack
IL	= Interleukin		TKA	= Total knee arthroplasty
LMWH	= Low-molecular-weight heparin		TTE	= Transthoracic echocardiography
MCP	= Monocyte chemotactic protein		UFH	= Unfractionated heparin
MDCT	= Multi-detector computed tomographic		VKAs	= Vitamin K antagonists
METHRO	= Melagatran for Thrombin Inhibition in Orthopaedic     Surgery		VTE	= Venous thromboembolism