The Living Guidelines: Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Polling Results for CLASS I Guidelines

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Class I Guidelines
1. Oral anticoagulation (INR 2.0 to 3.0) is recommended in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who develop AF, as for other patients at high risk of thromboembolism. (Level of Evidence: B)

 ACC / AHA 2008 guidelines for diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation: Class I Recommendation 1 for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should be: CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III