Table 3.

Spontaneous echo contrast and TTR analysis

Event	Dabigatran (no. of patients)	Warfarin (no of patients)	Relative risk (95  % confidence interval)	P value
Dense SEC
At baseline	6 (40)	3 (25)	0.50 (0.1–2.6)	0.34
At the end	7 (46.7)	3 (25)	0.38 (0.1–2.0)	0.23
Resolution of SECa	1 (6.7)	1 (8.3)	1.30 (0.1–22)	0.70
New SECb	2 (13.3)	1 (8.3)	0.60 (0.1–7.4)	0.58
Mean TTR (%)	NA	66.5 ± 7	NA	NA

Values are number (%) unless indicated otherwise

NA not applicable, SEC spontaneous echo contrast, TEE transesophageal echocardiogram, TTR time in therapeutic range

^aSEC positive and negative in the first and last TEE, respectively

^bSEC negative and positive in the first and last TEE, respectively