2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: executive summary

Hugh Calkins, Gerhard Hindricks, Riccardo Cappato, Young Hoon Kim, Eduardo B. Saad, Luis Aguinaga, Joseph G. Akar, Vinay Badhwar, Josep Brugada, John Camm, Peng Sheng Chen, Shih Ann Chen, Mina K. Chung, Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Anne B. Curtis, D. Wyn Davies, John D. Day, André d’Avila, N. M.S.(Natasja) de Groot, Luigi Di BiaseMattias Duytschaever, James R. Edgerton, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Patrick T. Ellinor, Sabine Ernst, Guilherme Fenelon, Edward P. Gerstenfeld, David E. Haines, Michel Haissaguerre, Robert H. Helm, Elaine Hylek, Warren M. Jackman, Jose Jalife, Jonathan M. Kalman, Josef Kautzner, Hans Kottkamp, Karl Heinz Kuck, Koichiro Kumagai, Richard Lee, Thorsten Lewalter, Bruce D. Lindsay, Laurent Macle, Moussa Mansour, Francis E. Marchlinski, Gregory F. Michaud, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Andrea Natale, Stanley Nattel, Ken Okumura, Douglas Packer, Evgeny Pokushalov, Matthew R. Reynolds, Prashanthan Sanders, Mauricio Scanavacca, Richard Schilling, Claudio Tondo, Hsuan Ming Tsao, Atul Verma, David J. Wilber, Teiichi Yamane

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    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-55
    Number of pages55
    JournalJournal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
    Volume50
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017 Oct 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    The authors acknowledge the support of Jun Dong, MD, PhD; Kan Fang, MD; and Mark Fellman at the Division of Cardiovascular Devices, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the preparation of this document. This document does not necessarily represent the opinions, policies, or recommendations of the FDA. Developed in partnership with and endorsed by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Latin American Society of Cardiac Stimulation and Electrophysiology (Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología [SOLAECE]). Developed in collaboration with and endorsed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS), the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS), and the Brazilian Society of Cardiac Arrhythmias (Sociedade Brasileira de Arritmias Cardíacas [SOBRAC]). Gerhard Hindricks, Josep Brugada, John Camm, Jens Cosedis Nielsen, N.M.S. (Natasja) de Groot, Luigi Di Biase, Mattias Duytschaever, Sabine Ernst, Michel Haissaguerre, Josef Kautzner, Hans Kottkamp, Karl Heinz Kuck, Evgeny Pokushalov, Richard Schilling and Claudio Tondo are the Representative of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Gregory F. Michaud is the Representative of the American Heart Association (AHA) Eduardo B. Saad, Luis Aguinaga, Guilherme Fenelon and Mauricio Scanavacca are the Representative of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLAECE) Young-Hoon Kim, Shih-Ann Chen, Jonathan M. Kalman, Koichiro Kumagai and Hsuan-Ming Tsao are the Representative of the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) Anne B. Curtis is the Representative of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Riccardo Cappato, D. Wyn Davies and Thorsten Lewalter are the Representative of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS) Vinay Badhwar, James R. Edgerton and Richard Lee are the Representative of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Laurent Macle is the Representative of the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS) Ken Okumura and Teiichi Yamane are the Representative of the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) André d’Avila is the Representative of the Sociedade Brasileira de Arritmias Cardíacas (SOBRAC)

    Keywords

    • Ablation
    • Anticoagulation
    • Arrhythmia
    • Atrial fibrillation
    • Atrial flutter
    • Atrial tachycardia
    • Catheter ablation
    • Stroke
    • Surgical ablation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
    • Physiology (medical)

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