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

Hugh Calkins; Karl Heinz Kuck; Riccardo Cappato; Josep Brugada; A. John Camm; Shih Ann Chen; Harry J.G. Crijns; Ralph J. Damiano; 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; Niv Ad; Jennifer Cummings; A. Mark Gillinov; Hein Heidbuchel; Craig January; Gregory Lip; Steven Markowitz; Mohan Nair; I. Eli Ovsyshcher; Hui Nam Pak; Takeshi Tsuchiya; Dipen Shah; Teo Wee Siong; Panos E. Vardas

doi:10.1093/europace/eus027

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

Hugh Calkins, Karl Heinz Kuck, Riccardo Cappato, Josep Brugada, A. John Camm, Shih Ann Chen, Harry J.G. Crijns, Ralph J. Damiano, 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 JaisJonathan 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, Niv Ad, Jennifer Cummings, A. Mark Gillinov, Hein Heidbuchel, Craig January, Gregory Lip, Steven Markowitz, Mohan Nair, I. Eli Ovsyshcher, Hui Nam Pak, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Dipen Shah, Teo Wee Siong, Panos E. Vardas

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	528-606
Number of pages	79
Journal	Europace
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus027
State	Published - Apr 2012

Keywords

Atrial fibrillation
Catheter ablation
Surgical ablation

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Calkins, H., Kuck, K. H., Cappato, R., Brugada, J., Camm, A. J., Chen, S. A., Crijns, H. J. G., Damiano, R. J., Davies, D. W., DiMarco, J., Edgerton, J., Ellenbogen, K., Ezekowitz, M. D., Haines, D. E., Haissaguerre, M., Hindricks, G., Iesaka, Y., Jackman, W., Jalife, J., ... Vardas, P. E. (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. Europace, 14(4), 528-606. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus027

Calkins, Hugh ; Kuck, Karl Heinz ; Cappato, Riccardo ; Brugada, Josep ; Camm, A. John ; Chen, Shih Ann ; Crijns, Harry J.G. ; Damiano, Ralph J. ; Davies, D. Wyn ; DiMarco, John ; Edgerton, James ; Ellenbogen, Kenneth ; Ezekowitz, Michael D. ; Haines, David E. ; Haissaguerre, Michel ; Hindricks, Gerhard ; Iesaka, Yoshito ; Jackman, Warren ; Jalife, Jose ; Jais, Pierre ; Kalman, Jonathan ; Keane, David ; Kim, Young Hoon ; Kirchhof, Paulus ; Klein, George ; Kottkamp, Hans ; Kumagai, Koichiro ; Lindsay, Bruce D. ; Mansour, Moussa ; Marchlinski, Francis E. ; McCarthy, Patrick M. ; Mont, J. Lluis ; Morady, Fred ; Nademanee, Koonlawee ; Nakagawa, Hiroshi ; Natale, Andrea ; Nattel, Stanley ; Packer, Douglas L. ; Pappone, Carlo ; Prystowsky, Eric ; Raviele, Antonio ; Reddy, Vivek ; Ruskin, Jeremy N. ; Shemin, Richard J. ; Tsao, Hsuan Ming ; Wilber, David ; Ad, Niv ; Cummings, Jennifer ; Gillinov, A. Mark ; Heidbuchel, Hein ; January, Craig ; Lip, Gregory ; Markowitz, Steven ; Nair, Mohan ; Ovsyshcher, I. Eli ; Pak, Hui Nam ; Tsuchiya, Takeshi ; Shah, Dipen ; Siong, Teo Wee ; Vardas, Panos E. / 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. In: Europace. 2012 ; Vol. 14, No. 4. pp. 528-606.

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In: Europace, Vol. 14, No. 4, 04.2012, p. 528-606.

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PY - 2012/4

Y1 - 2012/4

KW - Atrial fibrillation

KW - Catheter ablation

KW - Surgical ablation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859509560&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/europace/eus027

DO - 10.1093/europace/eus027

M3 - Article

C2 - 22389422

AN - SCOPUS:84859509560

VL - 14

SP - 528

EP - 606

JO - Europace

JF - Europace

SN - 1099-5129

IS - 4

ER -

Calkins H, Kuck KH, Cappato R, Brugada J, Camm AJ, Chen SA et al. 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. Europace. 2012 Apr;14(4):528-606. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus027

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

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