ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2024
2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation.
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252 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Pulsed field ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: meta-analysis of pulmonary vein isolation with or without posterior wall isolation.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Pulsed field ablation versus cryoballoon ablation for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis with subgroup analyses by AF type.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Depression and anxiety disorders in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing a pulmonary vein isolation: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Prognostic impact of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: an updated systematic review and reconstructed individual patient data meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Associations between reported atrial fibrillation burden and cardiac substructure dosimetric variables in patients receiving thoracic radiotherapy for malignancies involving the thorax: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Chest tube removal after cardiac surgery in first vs. second post-operative day: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and multiple predictors of left atrial low voltage in paroxysmal and non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients undergoing ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2025Pooled it
- Sedation vs. general anaesthesia in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of Pulsed-Field Versus High-Power Short-Duration Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Reconstructed Time-to-Event Data.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2025Pooled it
- Cryoballoon versus radiofrequency ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: an updated systematic review and meta‑analysis.European journal of medical research · 2025Pooled it
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- Early recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia after catheter ablation and its associations with clinical outcomes, atrial fibrillation burden, and blanking period duration: a post hoc analysis of the CABANA trial.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 · 2026Trial
- Pulsed field or cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation-insights from acute and chronic electroanatomic remapping in the randomized SINGLE-SHOT CHAMPION trial.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 · 2026Trial
- Autonomic effects and ablation success after pulsed field and cryoballoon ablation: a SINGLE SHOT CHAMPION substudy.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 · 2026Trial
- Lattice-tip vs. standard irrigated focal-tip catheter for radiofrequency ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus - the LINEAR randomized trial.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 · 2026Trial
- Procedural characteristics and clinical outcomes from same-day discharge after pulsed field ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation: an admIRE trial sub-analysis.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 · 2025Trial
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Stylianos TzeisDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera Hospital, 6, Erythrou Stavrou Str., Marousi, Athens, PC 151 23, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2007-1928
Edward P GerstenfeldSection of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jonathan KalmanDepartment of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6618-7184
Eduardo B SaadElectrophysiology and Pacing, Hospital Samaritano Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8879-9077
Alireza Sepehri ShamlooDepartment of Electrophysiology, Heart Center at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4894-8664
Jason G AndradeDepartment of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8493-5123
Chirag R BarbhaiyaNYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3479-936X
Tina BaykanerDivision of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Serge BovedaHeart Rhythm Management Department, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1280-7042
Hugh CalkinsDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9262-9433
Ngai-Yin ChanDepartment of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4650-6704
Minglong ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9844-486X
Shih-Ann ChenHeart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, and Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Nikolaos DagresDeutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0323-4956
Ralph J DamianoDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Tom De PotterCardiovascular Center, OLV Hospital Aalst, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1424-114X
Isabel DeisenhoferDepartment of Electrophysiology, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich (TUM) School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5826-6846
Nicolas DervalIHU LIRYC, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Stimulation Department, Fondation Bordeaux Université and Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Pessac-Bordeaux, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6189-1308
Luigi Di BiaseMontefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6508-4047
Mattias DuytschaeverDepartment of Cardiology, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8451-0013
Katia DyrdaDepartment of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0171-9311
Gerhard HindricksDeutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0132-0773
Meleze HociniIHU LIRYC, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Stimulation Department, Fondation Bordeaux Université and Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Pessac-Bordeaux, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7957-8766
Young-Hoon KimDivision of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine and Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Mark la MeirCardiac Surgery Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6261-5110
Jose Luis MerinoLa Paz University Hospital, Idipaz, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1737-1903
Gregory F MichaudMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.
Andrea NataleTexas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5487-0728
Isabelle NaultInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec (IUCPQ), Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2156-4625
Santiago NavaDepartamento de Electrocardiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología 'Ignacio Chávez', Ciudad de México, México.ORCID 0000-0001-9903-6537
Takashi NittaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0009-0004-3068-0550
Mark O'NeillCardiovascular Directorate, St. Thomas' Hospital and King's College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6070-7177
Hui-Nam PakDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3256-3620
Jonathan P PicciniDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0772-2404
Helmut PürerfellnerOrdensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8965-8495
Tobias ReichlinDepartment of Cardiology, Inselspital Bern, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7197-8415
Luis Carlos SaenzInternational Arrhythmia Center, Cardioinfantil Foundation, Bogota, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-2693-4720
Prashanthan SandersCentre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3803-8429
Richard SchillingBarts Heart Centre and Welbeck Heart Health, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0621-8241
Boris SchmidtCardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markuskrankenhaus, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5347-9906
Gregory E SuppleCardiac Electrophysiology Section, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2248-5139
Kevin L ThomasDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0040-5396
Claudio TondoDepartment of Clinical Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8500-8313
Atul VermaMcGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1020-9727
Elaine Y WanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5328-7282
Daniel Steven
Michael-Joseph Agbayani
T Jared Bunch
Aman Chugh
Juan Carlos Díaz
James V Freeman
Carina Abigail Hardy
Hein Heidbuchel
Sofian Johar
Dominik Linz
Bart Maesen
Peter A Noseworthy
Seil Oh
Andreu Porta-Sanchez
Tatjana Potpara
Gerardo Rodriguez-Diez
Frederic Sacher
Piotr Suwalski
Serge A Trines
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Abstract
In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007, the first joint expert consensus document was issued, guiding healthcare professionals involved in catheter or surgical AF ablation. Mounting research evidence and technological advances have resulted in a rapidly changing landscape in the field of catheter and surgical AF ablation, thus stressing the need for regularly updated versions of this partnership which were issued in 2012 and 2017. Seven years after the last consensus, an updated document was considered necessary to define a contemporary framework for selection and management of patients considered for or undergoing catheter or surgical AF ablation. This consensus is a joint effort from collaborating cardiac electrophysiology societies, namely the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society .
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