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

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e445-e494
JournalHeart Rhythm
Volume14
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Oct
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
Reviewer disclosure table Peer reviewer Institution Consultant/Advisory board/Honoraria Speakers' bureau Research grant Fellowship support Stock options/Partner Board Mbs/Other Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, MD, PhD Department of Cardiology and Medical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 1: Bayer/Schering Pharma, 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Sanofi, 1: Pfizer, MSD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Biosense Webster, Inc. None 1: Cardiome Pharma/Astellas, 1: Medtronic, Inc. None None None Angelo A.V. De Paola, MD, PhD Hospital São Paulo – Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil None None None None None None Peter M. Kistler, MBBS, PhD The Alfred Hospital Heart Centre, Melbourne, Australia None 1: St. Jude Medical None None None None Gregory Y.H. Lip, MD University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark 1: Medtronic, 3: Bayer/Janssen, BMS/Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo 3: Bayer, BMS/Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo. No fees are received personally None None None None Nicholas S. Peters, MD St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Cardialen, Inc., 1: Cardiologs, 1: Magnetecs, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical None None None None None Cristiano F. Pisani, MD InCor, Heart Insitute, HCFMUSP, Arrhythmia Unit None None None None None None Antonio Raviele, MD ALFA-Alliance to Fight Atrial Fibrillation, Rimini, Italy None None None None None None Eduardo B. Saad, MD, PhD Hospital Pro-Cardiaco and Hospital Samaritano, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil None None None None None None Kazuhiro Satomi, MD, PhD Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan 1: Bayer/Schering Pharma, 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1: Japan Lifeline, 1: Johnson and Johnson, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Sankyo Pharmaceuticals, 1: St. Jude Medical None None None None None Martin K. Stiles, MB ChB, PhD Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: Medtronic, Inc. None None 1: Medtronic, Inc. None None Stephan Willems, MD, PhD University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 1: Bayer HealthCare, LLC, 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1: Sanofi, 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Medtronic None None None None None

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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