TY - GEN AU - Calkins,Hugh AU - Brugada,Josep AU - Packer,Douglas L AU - Cappato,Riccardo AU - Chen,Shih-Ann AU - Crijns,Harry J G AU - Damiano,Ralph J AU - Davies,D Wyn AU - Haines,David E AU - Haissaguerre,Michel AU - Iesaka,Yoshito AU - Jackman,Warren AU - Jais,Pierre AU - Kottkamp,Hans AU - Kuck,Karl Heinz AU - Lindsay,Bruce D AU - Marchlinski,Francis E AU - McCarthy,Patrick M AU - Mont,J Lluis AU - Morady,Fred AU - Nademanee,Koonlawee AU - Natale,Andrea AU - Pappone,Carlo AU - Prystowsky,Eric AU - Raviele,Antonio AU - Ruskin,Jeremy N AU - Shemin,Richard J TI - HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for personnel, policy, procedures and follow-up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed and approved by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Heart Rhythm Society SN - 1099-5129 PY - 2007///0913 KW - Atrial Fibrillation KW - diagnosis KW - Catheter Ablation KW - Clinical Trials as Topic KW - Diagnostic Imaging KW - Electrocardiography KW - Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac KW - Europe KW - Heart Conduction System KW - physiopathology KW - Humans KW - Patient Selection KW - Postoperative Complications KW - prevention & control KW - Prognosis KW - Recurrence KW - United States N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Practice Guideline UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eum120 ER -