Table 4.
Indications for the use of anticoagulation.
Anticoagulant indication |
Overall N = 203 |
Warfarin N = 83a |
DOACc N = 102a |
LMWHd N = 18a |
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) | 154 (76%) | 60 (72%) | 90 (88%) | 4 (22%) |
Pulmonary embolism (PE)/VTEb | 25 (12%) | 9 (11%) | 9 (8.8%) | 7 (39%) |
Mechanical heart valve | 8 (3.9%) | 8 (9.6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Thrombosis prophylaxis | 8 (3.9%) | 3 (3.6%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (28%) |
Other | 3 (1.5%) | 2 (2.4%) | 1 (1.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Acute coronary syndrome | 2 (1.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) |
(Missing) | 3 (1.5%) | 1 (1.2%) | 2 (2.0%) | 0 (0%) |
Statistics presented: n (%).
VTE – venous thromboembolism.
Direct oral anticoagulants.
Low molecular weight heparin.