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A 45-year-old woman on chronic high-dose prednisone for autoimmune disease presents with new-onset bilateral leg swelling and pleuritic chest pain. CT pulmonary angiography shows segmental pulmonary emboli in both lower lobe arteries. She has normal renal function and no cancer. What is the most appropriate initial anticoagulant therapy?

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