Table 2. Causes for unscheduled hospitalization.

	Patients (n=145)
Arrhythmia	60 (41)
Supraventricular tachycardia	48
Ventricular tachycardia	8
Junctional tachycardia	2
Complete atrioventricular block	1
Palpitation	1
Heart failure	29 (20)
Acute decompensated heart failure	24
Protein loosing enteropathy	4
Renal failure	1
Infection	18 (12)
IE	8
Non-IE	10
Hemorrhage	18 (12)
Hemoptysis	11
Bleeding tendency	5
Thrombus	2
Neurological problem	5 (3)
Others	15 (10)

Values are n (%). IE: infectious endocarditis