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World Heart Federation roadmap on atrial fibrillation : a 2020 update
Freedman, Ben; Hindricks, Gerhard; Banerjee, Amitava; Baranchuk, Adrian; Ching, Chi Keong; Du, Xin; Fitzsimons, Donna; Healey, Jeff S.; Ikeda, TakanoriThe World Heart Federation (WHF) commenced a Roadmap initiative in 2015 to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease and resultant burgeoning of healthcare costs. Roadmaps provide a blueprint for implementation of priority solutions for the principal cardiovascular diseases leading to death and disability. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of these conditions and is an increasing problem due to ageing of...
2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation dev...
Hindricks, Gerhard; Potpara, Tatjana; Dagres, Nikolaos; Arbelo, Elena; Bax, Jeroen J.; Blomström-Lundqvist, Carina; Boriani, Giuseppe; Castella, ManuelAtrial fibrillation (AF) poses significant burden to patients, physicians, and healthcare systems globally. Substantial research efforts and resources are being directed towards gaining detailed information about the mechanisms underlying AF, its natural course and effective treatments (see also the ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine: CardioMed) and new evidence is continuously generated and published. The...