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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2022 Jan 13;37(3):519–527. doi: 10.1007/s10557-021-07298-5

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

DOAC (n = 48) Warfarin (n = 107) p value

Time on therapy (months)
 Cumulative 810 5637
 Median 11.0 46.0
 Range 0.5–68.1 0.7–209.9
Age at therapy start (years) 29.5 (26–37) 23 (19–31) < 0.01
Body surface area 1.75 (1.64–1.93) 1.76 (1.62–1.93) 0.90
Body mass index 23.68 (21.22–28.93) 23.39 (20.48–27.53) 0.55
Female 22 (45.8) 52 (48.6) 0.75
Predominant systemic ventricle anatomy
 Left 34 (70.8) 78 (72.9) 0.46
 Right 7 (14.6) 20 (18.7)
 Unspecified 7 (14.6) 9 (8.4)
Fontan type
 AP 10 (20.8) 23 (21.5) 0.28
 LT 22 (45.8) 55 (51.4)
 ECC 13 (27.1) 28 (26.2)
 Other 3 (6.3) 1 (0.9)
Indication for anticoagulation
 Arrhythmia 24 (50.0) 43 (40.2) < 0.01
 Thrombosis 11 (22.9) 39 (36.4)
 Procedure* 8 (16.7) 1 (0.9)
 Other 5 (10.4) 10 (9.3)
 Empiric 0 14 (13.1)
Other agents used
 None 41 (85.4) 72 (67.3) 0.06
 Aspirin, Clopidogrel, NSAID 7 (14.6) 34 (31.8)
 Enoxaparin 0 1 (0.9)

If not expressly stated, values are median (interquartile range) or n (%).

*

Procedure = coiling, stents, antiarrhythmia, cardioversion;

Other = patent fenestration, right-to-left shunt, cyanosis, decreased ventricular function, prosthetic valve, hypercoagulability;

Empiric = Fontan physiology prophylaxis, not documented. Of the 48 patients on a DOAC, 10 were exclusively treated with a DOAC, 25 were at some point on warfarin, and 26 were at some point on aspirin. Of the 107 patients on warfarin, 64 were treated exclusively with warfarin, 25 were at some point on a DOAC, and 31 were at some point on aspirin. Of the 180 patients on aspirin, 136 were exclusively treated with aspirin, 26 were at some point on a DOAC, and 31 were at some point on warfarin. Thirteen patients were, at different points, treated with all three therapies