2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

Authors/Task Force Members(St George's, University of London), A. John Camm(University of Liège), Gregory Y.H. Lip, Raffaele De Caterina, Irene Savelieva, Dan Atar, Stefan H. Hohnloser, Gerhard Hindricks, Paulus Kirchhof, Jeroen J. Bax, Helmut Baumgartner, Claudio Ceconi, Verónica Dean, Christi Deaton, R. Fagard, Christian Funck‐Brentano, David Hasdai, Arno W. Hoes, Paulus Kirchhof, Juhani Knuuti(University of Liège), Philippe Kolh, Theresa A. McDonagh, Cyril Moulin, Bogdan A. Popescu, Željko Reiner(University of Liège), Udo Sechtem, Per Anton Sirnes, Michał Tendera, Adam Torbicki, Alec Vahanian, Stephan Windecker, Document Reviewers, Panos Vardas, Nawwar Al‐Attar, Ottavio Alfieri, Annalisa Angelini, Carina Blomström‐Lundqvist, Paolo Colonna, Johan De Sutter, Sabine Ernst, Andreas Goette, Bülent Görenek, Róbert Hatala, Hein Heidbüchel, Magnus Heldal(University of Liège), Steen Dalby Kristensen, Philippe Kolh, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, Hercules E. Mavrakis, Lluı́s Mont, Pasquale Perrone Filardi, Piotr Ponikowski, Bernard Prendergast, Frans H. Rutten, Ulrich Schotten, Isabelle C. Van Gelder, Freek W.A. Verheugt
EP Europace
August 24, 2012
10.1093/europace/eus305
Cited by 3,831Open Access
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Abstract

The current estimate of the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the developed world is approximately 1.5–2% of the general population, with the average age of patients with this condition steadily rising, such that it now averages between 75 and 85 years. The arrhythmia is associated with a five-fold risk of stroke and a three-fold incidence of congestive heart failure, and higher mortality. Hospitalization of patients with AF is also very common. This arrhythmia is a major cardiovascular challenge in modern society and its medical, social and economic aspects are all set to worsen over the coming decades. Fortunately a number of valuable treatments have been devised in recent years that may offer some solution to this problem.

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