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. 2022 Oct 13;159(10):457–464. doi: 10.1016/j.medcle.2022.01.020

Table 2.

Anticoagulant treatment at baseline and during admission for patients with AF and COVID-19. Classified as deceased and not deceased

Deceased N = 738 (%) Not deceased N = 1061 (%) p
Baseline anticoagulant therapy
 No treatment 140 (19.1) 252 (23.8) <0.01
 VKA 360 (49.2) 384 (36.3) <0.01
 DOAC 212 (29.0) 405 (38.3) <0.01



Anticoagulant treatment during admission
 LMWH 524 (72.1) 788 (74.6) 0.251
 VKA 73 (10.1) 109 (10.4)
 DOAC 50 (6.9) 200 (19) <0.01

DOAC: direct oral anticoagulants; VKA: vitamin K antagonists; LMWH: low molecular weight heparin.