The Living Guidelines: UA/NSTEMI Anticoagulant Therapy Suggest Revisions to the CLASS IIa Guidelines

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Class IIa Guidelines
1. For UA / NSTEMI patients in whom an initial conservative strategy is selected, enoxaparin or fondaparinux is preferable to UFH as anticoagulant therapy, unless CABG is planned within 24 h. (Level of Evidence: B)