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. 2021 Feb 1;42(5):373-498.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa612.

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

Gerhard Hindricks, Tatjana Potpara, Nikolaos Dagres, Elena Arbelo, Jeroen J Bax, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, Giuseppe Boriani, Manuel Castella, Gheorghe-Andrei Dan, Polychronis E Dilaveris, Laurent Fauchier, Gerasimos Filippatos, Jonathan M Kalman, Mark La Meir, Deirdre A Lane, Jean-Pierre Lebeau, Maddalena Lettino, Gregory Y H Lip, Fausto J Pinto, G Neil Thomas, Marco Valgimigli, Isabelle C Van Gelder, Bart P Van Putte, Caroline L Watkins; ESC Scientific Document Group
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2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC

Gerhard Hindricks et al. Eur Heart J. .

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

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