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Table 2

Causes of death and anticoagulant therapy at time of death in the patients that deceased during follow-up (n = 20)

Cause of death	N	VKA	LDA	LMWH	No AC
TE	10	4	1	1*	4
Definite TE	4	1	1	0	2
Arterial TE	2	1	1	0	0
Venous TE	2	0	0	0	2
Probable TE	6	3	0	1*	2
Bleeding	5	3	0	1	1
Others	5	2†	2†	0	2
Sepsis/infection	3	1†	2†	0	1
Drowning	1	1	0	0	0
Dilated cardiomyopathy, not ischemic	1	0	0	0	1

Cause of death	N	VKA	LDA	LMWH	No AC
TE	10	4	1	1*	4
Definite TE	4	1	1	0	2
Arterial TE	2	1	1	0	0
Venous TE	2	0	0	0	2
Probable TE	6	3	0	1*	2
Bleeding	5	3	0	1	1
Others	5	2†	2†	0	2
Sepsis/infection	3	1†	2†	0	1
Drowning	1	1	0	0	0
Dilated cardiomyopathy, not ischemic	1	0	0	0	1

Three patients had malignant disease at time of death; 2 of those died of PE, 1 of sepsis.

AC indicates anticoagulant therapy.

Patient additionally received clopidogrel.

One patient had both VKA and LDA.