2020 Guidelines for Management of Atrial Fibrillation

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

20 Aug 2020

Atrial fibrillation (AF) poses a significant burden to patients, physicians, and healthcare systems globally. Substantial research efforts and resources are being directed towards gaining detailed information about the mechanisms underlying AF, its natural course and effective treatments. New evidence is continuously generated and published.

The complexity of AF requires a multifaceted, holistic, and multidisciplinary approach to the management of AF patients, with their active involvement in partnership with clinicians. Streamlining the care of patients with AF in daily clinical practice is a challenging but essential requirement for effective management of AF. In recent years, substantial progress has been made in the detection of AF and its management, and timely new evidence is integrated in this third edition of the ESC Guidelines on AF.

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Topic(s):

Arrhythmias, General

Antiarrhythmic Pharmacotherapy

Atrial Fibrillation

Anticoagulants

Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy

Invasive Imaging and Functional Assessment

Stroke

Arrhythmias and Device Therapy

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Armenian Cardiologists Association , Austrian Society of Cardiology , Azerbaijan Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Italian Federation of Cardiology , The National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian Society of Cardiology* , San Marino Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology , Association of Cardiologists of Uzbekistan

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10.193/eurheartj/ehaa612

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