Clinical Study
Small-Bowel Lesions in Patients Taking Direct Oral Anticoagulants Detected Using Capsule Endoscopy
Table 3
Findings at each small intestinal site according to the direct oral anticoagulant used.
| | Dabigatran | Rivaroxaban | Apixaban |
| | Site/finding | 8 | 13 | 8 | | Upper small intestine | | Redness, | 3 | 3 | 2 | | Erosions, | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Angioectasia, | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Middle small intestine | | Redness, | 2 | 3 | 1 | | Erosions, | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Angioectasia | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Lower small intestine | | Redness, | 2 | 1 | 4 | | Erosions, | 4 | 2 | 4 | | Angioectasia, | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Entire small intestine | | Redness, | 3 | 5 | 4 | | Erosions, | 5 | 4 | 5 | | Angioectasia, | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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