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. 2024 Mar 20;52:101387. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2024.101387

Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

All
(n = 40)
Dabigatran
(n = 10)
Rivaroxaban
(n = 12)
Apixaban
(n = 9)
Edoxaban
(n = 9)
Medication dose: n 300 mg:5, 220 mg:5 15 mg:12 10 mg:9 60 mg:7,
30 mg:2
Age, years 58 ± 13 59 ± 12 51 ± 14 61 ± 13 63 ± 8
Male, n (%) 34 (85) 10 (100) 11 (92) 7 (78) 6 (67)
LVEF, % 63 ± 11 57 ± 14 66 ± 7 59 ± 10 68 ± 5
LAD, mm 38 ± 5 39 ± 5 37 ± 6 37 ± 5 39 ± 5
Persistent AF, n (%) 15 (38) 5 (50) 2 (17) 6 (67) 2 (22)
Median CHADS2 Score 0.5 ± 0.6 0.6 ± 0.7 0.3 ± 0.4 0.3 ± 0.5 0.9 ± 0.6
 CHF, n (%) 1 (3) 1 (10) 0 0 0
 Hypertension, n (%) 15 (38) 3 (30) 3 (25) 3 (33) 6 (67)
 Age ≥ 75 years, n (%) 2 (5) 1 (10) 0 0 1(11)
 Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 1 (3) 1 (10) 0 0 0
 Stroke/TIA, n (%) 0 0 0 0 0
History of MI 0 0 0 0 0
Smoking, n (%) 16 (40) 2 (20) 4 (33) 5 (56) 4 (44)
 Current smoker 2 (5) 0 1 (8) 1 (11) 0
 Ex-smoker 14 (35) 2 (20) 3 (25) 4 (44) 5 (56)
Antiplatelet drug, n (%) 0 0 0 0 0
Statin, n (%) 3 (8) 1 (10) 0 0 2 (22)

LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LAD, left atrial diameter; AF, atrial fibrillation; CHF, congestive heart failure; TIA, transient ischemic attack; MI, myocardial infarction