what are the Recommendations for Prevention of Thromboembolism?
For patients with AF or atrial flutter of less than 48 hours? duration with a CHADS- 2 2 VASc score of 0 in men or 1 in women, administration of heparin, a factor Xa inhibitor, or a direct thrombin inhibitor, versus no anticoagulant therapy, may be considered before cardioversion, without the need for postcardioversion oral anticoagulation.S6.1.1-13,S6.1.1-14,S6.1.1-16 MODIFIED: Recommendation LOE was changed from C in the 2014 AF Guideline to B-NR to reflect evidence from 2 registry studies and to include specific CHADS-VASc scores 2 2 derived from study results.