Outcomes between PE-only and AF cohorts
After propensity matching, there was no substantial difference in the
baseline characteristics between the PE alone and AF cohorts
(Supplemental table 2). Clinical outcomes between PE-only and AF cohorts
were shown in Supplemental table 7. The incidence of the arterial
thromboembolic event was lower in the PE-only cohort than that in AF
cohort (SHR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.48–0.56) (Figure 4A). The risk of
ischemic stroke was lower in the PE-only cohort (SHR, 0.41; 95% CI,
0.37–0.45) (Figure 4B) with no differences in ECATE (Figure 4C) and MI
event rates (Supplemental table 7). The PE-only cohort had higher
all-cause mortality (HR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.20–1.32) and CV death (HR,
1.14; 95% CI, 1.07–1.22) than the AF cohort (Figure 4D and Figure 4E).