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