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2020 Guidelines for Management of Atrial Fibrillation

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

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.

Arrhythmias, General
Antiarrhythmic Pharmacotherapy
Atrial Fibrillation
Anticoagulants
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
Invasive Imaging and Functional Assessment
Stroke
Arrhythmias and Device Therapy
Guidelines version available to download
Full text
Published in 2020
Reference 10.193/eurheartj/ehaa612
Corrigendum
Published in 2021
Reference 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa798
Corrigendum
Published in 2020
Reference 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa945
Pocket guidelines
Published in 2020
Reference Table of Contents
App
Published in 2020
Reference Pocket Guidelines App
Slide-set
Published in 2020
Reference 166 Slides
Declarations of interest
Endorsed by cardiac societies
Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Czech Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , North Macedonian Society of Cardiology , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian 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
Previous version available to download
Related materials
Published in 2020
Reference Memo Card AFIB
Full text
Published in 2016
Reference European Heart Journal (2016) 37, 2893–2962 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehw210
Web addenda
Published in 2016
Reference .doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehw21
Corrigendum
Published in 2012
Reference Corrigendum-AFib-Focused-Update-2012-EHJ-doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht027
Full text
Published in 2012
Reference European Heart Journal (2012) 33, 2719–2747
Corrigendum
Published in 2011
Reference doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehq512
Full text
Published in 2010
Reference European Heart Journal (2010) 31, 2369–2429
Related materials
Published in 2010
Reference AFIB - Additional References
Related materials
Published in 2011
Reference ESC Statement on Dronedarore

 

 

 
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