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Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Dec 29;32(10):2793–2807. doi: 10.1111/jce.14838

TABLE 5.

Recommendations for stroke prevention for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

	2019		2020
	ACC/AHA/HRS⁶¹		ESC/EACTS/EHRA⁶²
CHA₂DS₂-VASc	Women	Men	Women	Men
0	-	-	-	-
1	None, ASA or OAC (IIb)	None, ASA or OAC (IIb)	-	OAC (IIa)
2	None, ASA or OAC (IIb)	OAC (I)	OAC (II)	OAC (I)
≥3	OAC (I)	OAC (I)	OAC (I)	OAC (I)

Abbreviations: ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; ASA, aspirin; EACTS, European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; EHRA, European Heart Rhythm Association; ESC, European Society of Cardiology; HRS, Heart Rhythm Society; OSA, oral anticoagulation.