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Table 2 Reasons for direct start with NOACs instead of VKAs

From: Direct new oral anticoagulants: follow-up, guidelines and bleeding complications in general practice—a survey of Swiss general internal medicine practitioners

Reasons	Number (%)
Easier dosing	51 (96.2%)
Fewer blood tests	48 (90.6%)
Fewer clinical follow-ups	33 (62.3%)
Fewer bleeding events	24 (45.3%)
Age of patients	20 (37.7%)
Better tolerance	5 (9.4%)

Multiple answers possible. n = 53. Absolute number (%)

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