Treatment Category | Symptomatic Thromboembolic Complication | ||
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No, n (Row %) | Yes, n (Row %) | Total N | |
Antiplatelet therapy (before and after) | 253 (98.1) | 5 (1.9) | 258 |
Antiplatelet therapy (after only) | 84 (97.7) | 2 (2.3) | 86 |
No drug | 21 (84.0) | 4 (16.0) | 25 |
Total N | 358 | 11 | 369 |
Note:—X2 indicates likelihood ratio; P =.0133. The percentage of patients in the “before and after” group (1.9%) who had thromboembolic complications is very comparable with the percentage of patients in the “after only” group (2.3%).