ArticleJournal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing2024
2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.
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- Usefulness of empiric superior vena cava isolation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025Pooled it
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- Phenotype-Guided Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure: From Rate Control to Catheter Ablation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Safety and feasibility of a balloon-based pulsed field ablation system for the catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026Article
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- Diamond-Embedded Temperature Control Catheter Enables Faster and More Efficient Cavotricuspid Isthmus Ablation Compared to Contact Force Sensing Catheters.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Article
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- Cardiometabolic multimorbidity and atrial fibrillation: insights from traditional statistical and artificial intelligence approaches.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in transthyretin and light-chain cardiac amyloidosis: results from the multicentre AMYL-AF study.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026Observational
- [Position paper of the German Society of Cardiology-quality criteria for performing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: executive summary].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2026Article
- Machine learning prediction of outcome following pulsed-field atrial fibrillation ablation: patient selection and risk factors.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026Article
- Epicardial muscle bundles in persistent atrial fibrillation: from overlooked bystanders to arrhythmogenic modulators.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026Review
- Non-contrast 3D T1-weighted MRI at 3T for early detection of atrial lesions post-ablation in atrial fibrillation: a pilot study.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026Article
- A nomogram as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in middle-aged and elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- When low is not low enough: zero-fluoroscopy atrial fibrillation ablation using the VARIPULSE™ pulsed field system-a prospective single-center study.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026Article
- Empiric superior vena cava isolation during first-time catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026Review
- Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation Late Recurrence and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: A Clinical Nomogram Model.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- Segmental analysis of left atrial substrate severity predictors in patients undergoing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
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45 authors.
Stylianos TzeisDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece. stzeis@otenet.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2007-1928
Edward P GerstenfeldSection of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jonathan KalmanDepartment of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6618-7184
Eduardo SaadElectrophysiology and Pacing, Hospital Samaritano Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8879-9077
Alireza Sepehri ShamlooDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart Center at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-8664
Jason G AndradeDepartment of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-5123
Chirag R BarbhaiyaNYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-936X
Tina BaykanerDivision of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Serge BovedaHeart Rhythm Management Department, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1280-7042
Hugh CalkinsDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9262-9433
Ngai-Yin ChanDepartment of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4650-6704
Minglong ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9844-486X
Shih-Ann ChenHeart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9085-0823
Nikolaos DagresDepartment of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Charité University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0323-4956
Ralph J DamianoDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Tom De PotterCardiovascular Center, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1424-114X
Isabel DeisenhoferDepartment of Electrophysiology, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich (TUM) School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5826-6846
Nicolas DervalIHU LIRYC, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Stimulation Department, Fondation Bordeaux Université and Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Pessac-Bordeaux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6189-1308
Luigi Di BiaseMontefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6508-4047
Mattias DuytschaeverDepartment of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8451-0013
Katia DyrdaDepartment of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-9311
Gerhard HindricksDepartment of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Charité University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0132-0773
Meleze HociniIHU LIRYC, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Stimulation Department, Fondation Bordeaux Université and Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Pessac-Bordeaux, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7957-8766
Young-Hoon KimDivision of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine and Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Mark la MeirCardiac Surgery Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-5110
Jose Luis MerinoLa Paz University Hospital, Idipaz, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1737-1903
Gregory F MichaudMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrea NataleTexas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5487-0728
Isabelle NaultInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec (IUCPQ), Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2156-4625
Santiago NavaDepartamento de Electrocardiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología 'Ignacio Chávez', Ciudad de México, México.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-6537
Takashi NittaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-3068-0550
Mark O'NeillCardiovascular Directorate, St. Thomas' Hospital and King's College, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6070-7177
Hui-Nam PakDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3256-3620
Jonathan P PicciniDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0772-2404
Helmut PürerfellnerOrdensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8965-8495
Tobias ReichlinDepartment of Cardiology, Inselspital Bern, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7197-8415
Luis Carlos SaenzInternational Arrhythmia Center, Cardioinfantil Foundation, Bogota, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2693-4720
Prashanthan SandersCentre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-8429
Richard SchillingBarts Heart Centre and Welbeck Heart Health, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0621-8241
Boris SchmidtCardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markuskrankenhaus, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5347-9906
Gregory E SuppleCardiac Electrophysiology Section, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2248-5139
Kevin L ThomasDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0040-5396
Claudio TondoDepartment of Clinical Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8500-8313
Atul VermaMcGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-9727
Elaine Y WanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5328-7282
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Abstract
In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007, the first joint expert consensus document was issued, guiding healthcare professionals involved in catheter or surgical AF ablation. Mounting research evidence and technological advances have resulted in a rapidly changing landscape in the field of catheter and surgical AF ablation, thus stressing the need for regularly updated versions of this partnership which were issued in 2012 and 2017. Seven years after the last consensus, an updated document was considered necessary to define a contemporary framework for selection and management of patients considered for or undergoing catheter or surgical AF ablation. This consensus is a joint effort from collaborating cardiac electrophysiology societies, namely the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asia Pacific HRS, and the Latin American HRS.
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Atrial FibrillationCatheter AblationConsensusSocieties, MedicalAsiaEuropeHumansLatin AmericaAtrial fibrillationCatheter ablationSurgical ablation
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