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ESC GUIDELINES European Heart Journal (2010) 31, 2369–2429 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq278 Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation The Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Authors/Task Force Members: A. John Camm (Chairperson) (UK) , Paulus Kirchhof (Germany), Gregory Y.H. Lip (UK), Ulrich Schotten (The Netherlands), Irene Savelieva (UK), Sabine Ernst (UK), Isabelle C. Van Gelder (The Netherlands), Nawwar Al-Attar (France), Gerhard Hindricks (Germany), Bernard Prendergast (UK), Hein Heidbuchel (Belgium), Ottavio Alfieri (Italy), Annalisa Angelini (Italy), Dan Atar (Norway), Paolo Colonna (Italy), Raffaele De Caterina (Italy), Johan De Sutter (Belgium), Andreas Goette (Germany), Bulent Gorenek (Turkey), Magnus Heldal (Norway), Stefan H. Hohloser (Germany), Philippe Kolh (Belgium), Jean-Yves Le Heuzey (France), Piotr Ponikowski (Poland), Frans H. Rutten (The Netherlands). ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG): Alec Vahanian (Chairperson) (France), Angelo Auricchio (Switzerland), Jeroen Bax (The Netherlands), Claudio Ceconi (Italy), Veronica Dean (France), Gerasimos Filippatos (Greece), Christian Funck-Brentano (France), Richard Hobbs (UK), Peter Kearney (Ireland), Theresa McDonagh (UK), Bogdan A. Popescu (Romania), Zeljko Reiner (Croatia), Udo Sechtem (Germany), Per Anton Sirnes (Norway), Michal Tendera
European Heart Journal – Oxford University Press
Published: Oct 1, 2010
Keywords: Atrial fibrillation European Society of Cardiology Guidelines Anticoagulation Rate control Rhythm control Upstream therapy Pulmonary vein isolation Left atrial ablation
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