Skip to main content

Table 2 Bleeding and Thromboembolic events

From: Comparison of different bridging anticoagulation therapies used after mechanical heart valve replacement in Chinese patients - a prospective cohort study

Endpoints events

the UFH group (n = 109)

INR a

the UFH-LMWH group (n = 99)

INR

the LMWH group (n = 97)

INR

Bleeding events

3 (2.3%)

2.67

5 (6.3%)

2.69

10 (10.3%)

2.77

 Epistaxis

1 (0.8%)

2.21

3 (3.8%)

2.31

7 (7.3%)

2.42

 Airway bleeding

0 (0)

1 (1.3%)

4.05b

1 (1.0%)

3.85b

 Hematuria

1 (0.8%)

2.38

0 (0)

1 (1.0%)

2.55

 Hematemesis

0 (0)

1 (1.3%)

2.46

0 (0)

 Gastrointestinal bleeding

1 (0.8%)

3.42b

0 (0)

1 (1.0%)

4.37b

Thromboembolic events

2 (1.6%)

1.96

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Permanent stroke

1 (0.8%)

1.77

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Transient stroke

1 (0.8%)

2.15

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. aThe average INR value at the occurrence of the bleeding event
  2. bThe INRs were above the target range of the corresponding MHVR