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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2023 Nov 30;149(1):e1–e156. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001193

Recommendations for Oral Anticoagulation for Device-Detected Atrial High-Rate Episodes Among Patients Without a Previous Diagnosis of AF Referenced studies that support the recommendations are summarized in the Online Data Supplement.

COR LOE Recommendations
2a B-NR 1. For patients with a device-detected atrial high-rate episode (AHRE) lasting ≥24 hours1 and with a CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2 or equivalent stroke risk,2 it is reasonable to initiate oral anticoagulation3 within a SDM framework that considers episode duration and individual patient risk.
2b B-NR 2. For patients with a device-detected AHRE lasting between 5 minutes and 24 hours and with a CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥3 or equivalent stroke risk,2 it may be reasonable to initiate anticoagulation within a SDM framework that considers episode duration and individual patient risk.
3: No Benefit B-NR 3. Patients with a device-detected AHRE lasting <5 minutes and without another indication for oral anticoagulation should not receive oral anticoagulation.4,5