what are the Recommendations for Selecting an Anticoagulant Regimen—
Balancing Risks and Benefits?
For patients with AF who have a CHADS- 2 2 VASc score of 2 or greater in men or 3 or greater in women and who have end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD; creatinine clearance [CrCl] <15 mL/min) or are on dialysis, it might be reasonable to prescribe warfarin (INR 2.0 to 3.0) or apixaban for oral anticoagulationS4.1.1-26,S4.1.1-29,S4.1.1-30 MODIFIED: New evidence has been added. LOE was updated from B to B-NR. (Section 4.1. in the 2014 AF Guideline)