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ReviewEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2012

Comprehensive risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation: emerging diagnostic and therapeutic options--a report from the 3rd Atrial Fibrillation Competence NETwork/European Heart Rhythm Association consensus conference.

Paulus Kirchhof, Gregory Y H Lip, Isabelle C Van Gelder, Jeroen Bax, Elaine Hylek, Stefan Kaab, Ulrich Schotten, Karl Wegscheider, Giuseppe Boriani, Axel Brandes and 46 more

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Review in 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, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
18.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 239 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Predicting recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a systematic review of prognostic models.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 · 2020
    Pooled it
  2. 2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.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 · 2018
    Guideline
  3. European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) position paper on how to prevent atrial fibrillation endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS).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 · 2017
    Guideline
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  6. 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design: 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), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society.Heart rhythm · 2012
    Guideline
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  11. Brazilian Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines - 2025.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2025
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  13. Incidental parasympathetic cardiac denervation during atrial fibrillation ablation using high power short duration: a marker of long-term success.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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  14. Consistency of Blood Pressure Measurement Methods in Atrial Fibrillation.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025
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21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

56 authors at 20 institutions in 15 countries.

Paulus KirchhofUniversity Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. kirchhp@uni-muenster.de
Gregory Y H Lip
Isabelle C Van Gelder
Jeroen Bax
Elaine Hylek
Stefan Kaab
Ulrich Schotten
Karl Wegscheider
Giuseppe Boriani
Axel Brandes
Michael Ezekowitz
Hans Diener
Laurent Haegeli
Hein Heidbuchel
Deirdre Lane
Luis Mont
Stephan Willems
Paul Dorian
Maria Aunes-Jansson
Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist
Maria Borentain
Stefanie Breitenstein
Martina Brueckmann
Nilo Cater
Andreas Clemens
Dobromir Dobrev
Sergio Dubner
Nils G Edvardsson
Leif Friberg
Andreas Goette
Michele Gulizia
Robert Hatala
Jenny Horwood
Lukas Szumowski
Lukas Kappenberger
Josef Kautzner
Angelika Leute
Trudie Lobban
Ralf Meyer
Jay Millerhagen
John Morgan
Felix Muenzel
Michael Nabauer
Christoph Baertels
Michael Oeff
Dieter Paar
Juergen Polifka
Ursula Ravens
Ludger Rosin
W Stegink
Gerhard Steinbeck
Panos Vardas
Alphons Vincent
Maureen Walter
Günter Breithardt
A John Camm
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEUniversity Hospital Münster · DEAstraZeneca (Sweden) · SEBayer (Germany) · DEBoehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DEMedtronic (Switzerland) · CHPfizer (United States) · USSanofi (Germany) · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Birmingham · GBBristol-Myers Squibb (France) · FRDaiichi Sankyo (Germany) · DEInstitute of Cardiology · PLInstitute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine · CZJefferson College · USKarolinska Institutet · SEKlinikum Brandenburg · DELeiden University · NLMaastricht University · NLMSD (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While management of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is improved by guideline-conform application of anticoagulant therapy, rate control, rhythm control, and therapy of accompanying heart disease, the morbidity and mortality associated with AF remain unacceptably high. This paper describes the proceedings of the 3rd Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET)/European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) consensus conference that convened over 60 scientists and representatives from industry to jointly discuss emerging therapeutic and diagnostic improvements to achieve better management of AF patients. The paper covers four chapters: (i) risk factors and risk markers for AF; (ii) pathophysiological classification of AF; (iii) relevance of monitored AF duration for AF-related outcomes; and (iv) perspectives and needs for implementing better antithrombotic therapy. Relevant published literature for each section is covered, and suggestions for the improvement of management in each area are put forward. Combined, the propositions formulate a perspective to implement comprehensive management in AF.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAtrial FibrillationBiomarkersFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansMaleRatsRisk Reduction BehaviorTreatment OutcomeAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsBiomarkersFibrinolytic Agents

Identifiers

PMID21791573
PMCPMC3236658
OpenAlexW2101074565

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