2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Gerhard Hindricks; ESC Scientific Document Group; Oskars Kalējs

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa612

2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Gerhard Hindricks^*
, ESC Scientific Document Group
, Oskars Kalējs (Member of the Working Group)

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) poses 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 and 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 new evidence is timely integrated in this third edition of the ESC guidelines on AF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	373-498
Number of pages	126
Journal	European Heart Journal
Volume	42
Issue number	5
Early online date	29 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa612
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords*

Guidelines
atrial fibrillation
anticoagulation
vitamin K antagonists
non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage occlusion
rate control
rhythm control
cardioversion
Antiarrhythmic drugs
catheter ablation
pulmonary vein isolation
left atrial ablation
AF surgery
upstream therapy
ABC pathway
screening
stroke
recommendations

Field of Science

3.2 Clinical medicine

Publication Type*

1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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Hindricks, G., ESC Scientific Document Group, & Kalējs, O. (2021). 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) . European Heart Journal, 42(5), 373-498. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa612

Hindricks, Gerhard ; ESC Scientific Document Group ; Kalējs, Oskars. / 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) : The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) . In: European Heart Journal. 2021 ; Vol. 42, No. 5. pp. 373-498.

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In: European Heart Journal, Vol. 42, No. 5, 21.02.2021, p. 373-498.

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Hindricks G, ESC Scientific Document Group, Kalējs O. 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) . European Heart Journal. 2021 Feb 21;42(5):373-498. Epub 2020 Aug 29. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa612

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