VWF and deep vein thrombosis: In deep vein thrombosis (DVT), VWF-dependent platelet recruitment, platelet-neutrophil interactions and the production of highly thrombotic neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) all contribute to the development of a pathological thrombus (Brill et al., 2011; Brill et al., 2012; Fuchs et al., 2012a; Schulz et al., 2013; von Brühl et al., 2012).