Table 2

Physician's Perceived Reasons for Not Initiating Warfarin Therapy (N = 137)

1. History of Gastrointestinal Bleed
- 39 (28%)
2. Transient/Secondary AF
- 30 (22%)
3. Fall Risk
- 23 (17%)
4. Patient preference
- 19 (14%)
5. History of Non-Gastrointestinal Bleed
- 11 (8%)
6. Poor Patient Compliance
- 8 (6%)
7. Coagulopathy
- 5 (4%)
8. Miscellaneous
- 2 (1%)

Srivastava et al. Thrombosis Journal 2008 6:6   doi:10.1186/1477-9560-6-6