Atrial fibrillation guidelines across the Atlantic: A comparison of the current recommendations of the European society of cardiology/European heart rhythm association/European association of cardiothoracic surgeons, the American college of cardiology foundation/American heart association/heart rhythm society, and the Canadian cardiovascular society

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1471-1474

  Kirchhof, Paulus ^a,b   Curtis, Anne B ^c   Skanes, Allan C ^d   Gillis, Anne M ^e   Samuel Wann, L ^f   John Camm, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

^g ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EUROPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CANADA; DECISION TREES; EUROPE; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874477275     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs446     Document Type: Note

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