Society guideline links: Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLAECE): Expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (2017)

Canada

●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS): Comprehensive guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation (2020)

United States

●American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/Heart Rhythm Society (HRS): Guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation, focused update (2019)

●American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS): Expert consensus guidelines – Examining surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (2017)

●HRS/European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLAECE): Expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (2017)

Europe

●European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI): Expert consensus statement on catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion, update (2020)

●European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation (2020)

●Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/EHRA/European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS)/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS)/Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLAECE): Expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (2017)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on atrial fibrillation – Diagnosis and management (2021)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on percutaneous (non-thoracoscopic) epicardial catheter radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation (2009)

Australia–New Zealand

●Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ): Position statement on standards of practice in paediatric cardiac catheterisation (2020)

●National Heart Foundation of Australia and CSANZ: Australian clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation (2018)

●CSANZ: Position statement on atrial fibrillation ablation (2013)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Circulation Society (JCS)/Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS): 2021 guideline on non-pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias, focused update (published 2022)

●[In Japanese] JCS/JHRS: Guideline on non-pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias, focused update (2021)