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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 May 10;79(18):1785–1798. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.02.047

Table 1.

Discharge Medications Among 31,994 Patients in the LAAO Registry Between January 2016 and November 2018.

Discharge Medications (Not Mutually Exclusive) Number (%)
Aspirin 21,714 (67.87)
Warfarin 17,774 (55.55)
DOAC* 11,658 (36.44)
P2Y12 inhibitor 4,229 (13.22)
Bridging anticoagulant therapy 335 (1.05)
None of anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy or P2Y12 or bridging 583 (1.82)

Most Common Discharge Medication Strategies (Mutually-Exclusive Groupings)
Warfarin and aspirin 11,811 (36.92)
Warfarin only 4,330 (13.53)
DOAC and aspirin 6,649 (20.78)
DOAC only 3,948 (12.34)
DAPT (aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitor) 1,614 (5.04)
Other 3,642 (11.38)
*

Includes apixaban, dabigatran, rivaroxaban or edoxaban

P2Y12 inhibitor includes clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticlopidine, ticagrelor

Bridging anticoagulation therapy includes unfractionated heparin, fondaparinux, low molecular weight heparin, heparin derivatives

DAPT = dual antiplatelet therapy; DOAC = direct oral anticoagulant; LAOO = left atrial appendage occlusion