• Europace · Mar 2014

    Multicenter Study

    Current periprocedural management of ablation for atrial fibrillation in Europe: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey.

    • Jian Chen, Derick M Todd, Mélèze Hocini, Torben Bjerregaard Larsen, Maria Grazia Bongiorni, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, and Scientific Initiative Committee, European Heart Rhythm Association.
    • Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital and Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway.
    • Europace. 2014 Mar 1; 16 (3): 378-81.

    AbstractThe purpose of this EP Wire survey was to assess clinical practice in periprocedural management of atrial fibrillation ablation. This survey is based on an electronic questionnaire sent to the European Heart Rhythm Association Research Network members. Responses were received from 78 centres in 20 countries. The results of the survey have shown that periprocedural management is generally in accordance with guidelines and consensus recommendations on ablation for atrial fibrillation ablation, although there are some areas of variation. Differences between high- and low-volume centres are observed with respect to patient selection, antiarrhythmic drug management, and heparin bridging.

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