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Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
Erschienen in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2/2012

01.03.2012

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

verfasst von: Hugh Calkins, Karl Heinz Kuck, Riccardo Cappato, Josep Brugada, A. John Camm, Shih-Ann Chen, Harry J. G. Crijns, Ralph J. Damiano Jr., D. Wyn Davies, John DiMarco, James Edgerton, Kenneth Ellenbogen, Michael D. Ezekowitz, David E. Haines, Michel Haissaguerre, Gerhard Hindricks, Yoshito Iesaka, Warren Jackman, Jose Jalife, Pierre Jais, Jonathan Kalman, David Keane, Young-Hoon Kim, Paulus Kirchhof, George Klein, Hans Kottkamp, Koichiro Kumagai, Bruce D. Lindsay, Moussa Mansour, Francis E. Marchlinski, Patrick M. McCarthy, J. Lluis Mont, Fred Morady, Koonlawee Nademanee, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Andrea Natale, Stanley Nattel, Douglas L. Packer, Carlo Pappone, Eric Prystowsky, Antonio Raviele, Vivek Reddy, Jeremy N. Ruskin, Richard J. Shemin, Hsuan-Ming Tsao, David Wilber

Erschienen in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | Ausgabe 2/2012

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Abstract

This is a report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS), and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). This is endorsed by the governing bodies of the ACC Foundation, the AHA, the ECAS, the EHRA, the STS, the APHRS, and the HRS.
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Metadaten
Titel
2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design
verfasst von
Hugh Calkins
Karl Heinz Kuck
Riccardo Cappato
Josep Brugada
A. John Camm
Shih-Ann Chen
Harry J. G. Crijns
Ralph J. Damiano Jr.
D. Wyn Davies
John DiMarco
James Edgerton
Kenneth Ellenbogen
Michael D. Ezekowitz
David E. Haines
Michel Haissaguerre
Gerhard Hindricks
Yoshito Iesaka
Warren Jackman
Jose Jalife
Pierre Jais
Jonathan Kalman
David Keane
Young-Hoon Kim
Paulus Kirchhof
George Klein
Hans Kottkamp
Koichiro Kumagai
Bruce D. Lindsay
Moussa Mansour
Francis E. Marchlinski
Patrick M. McCarthy
J. Lluis Mont
Fred Morady
Koonlawee Nademanee
Hiroshi Nakagawa
Andrea Natale
Stanley Nattel
Douglas L. Packer
Carlo Pappone
Eric Prystowsky
Antonio Raviele
Vivek Reddy
Jeremy N. Ruskin
Richard J. Shemin
Hsuan-Ming Tsao
David Wilber
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2012
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology / Ausgabe 2/2012
Print ISSN: 1383-875X
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-8595
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-012-9672-7

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