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2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation​​[158]

Published by:Heart Rhythm Society; European Heart Rhythm Association; European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society; Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society; Latin American Society of Cardiac Stimulation and Electrophysiology

Last published:2024

ACR appropriateness criteria: preprocedural planning for left atrial procedures in atrial fibrillation[189]

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2023

2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS guideline for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines​​ [1]

Published by:American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology; Heart Rhythm Society

Last published:2023

How to use digital devices to detect and manage arrhythmias: an EHRA practical guide[97]

Published by:European Heart Rhythm Association

Last published:2022

Assessment and mitigation of bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism: a position paper from the ESC Working Group on thrombosis, in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care and the Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society[195]

Published by:European Society of Cardiology

Last published:2022

2020 update to the 2016 ACC/AHA clinical performance and quality measures for adults with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures[190]

Published by:American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures

Last published:2021

Managing atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

Published by:American Heart Association

Last published:2021

Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and management[78]

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)

Last published:2021

2020 ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery[2]

Published by:European Society of Cardiology

Last published:2020

2020 ACC expert consensus decision pathway for anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention or with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease[191]

Published by:American College of Cardiology

Last published:2020

2020 ACC expert consensus decision pathway on management of bleeding in patients on oral anticoagulants[192]

Published by:American College of Cardiology

Last published:2020

2020 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society comprehensive guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation[96]

Published by:Canadian Cardiovascular Society; Canadian Heart Rhythm Society

Last published:2020

2018 joint European consensus document on the management of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and/or undergoing percutaneous cardiovascular interventions[196]

Published by:European Heart Rhythm Association; European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis; European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions; European Association of Acute Cardiac Care

Last published:2018

Australian clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation

Published by:National Heart Foundation of Australia; Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Last published:2018

Antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation[193]

Published by:American College of Chest Physicians

Last published:2018

Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation associated with valvular heart disease: a joint consensus document[197]

Published by:European Heart Rhythm Association; European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis

Last published:2017

2016 ACC/AHA clinical performance and quality measures for adults with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter[194]

Published by:American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement; Heart Rhythm Society

Last published:2016

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