General / Comprehensive Management
Best Practices: Best practices for developing an efficient and quality-focused AF ablation program as part of a larger AF center of excellence, highlighting the experience of a single center and demonstrating how the same principles were adopted to implement a similar program at another institution.
AF Agile Pathway – Emergency Department
Guidelines/Clinical Documents: Guidelines document outlining best practices for oral anticoagulation in patients with nonvalvular AFib and a CHA2DS2-VASc Score of 1.
Guidelines/Clinical Documents: Guidelines document outlining best practices for the primary prevention of stroke among individuals who have not previously experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack.
Guidelines/Clinical Documents: This best practices clinical document is a 2017 update to the 2012 consensus statement on catheter and surgical AF ablation, to reflect the many advances in tools, techniques and outcomes of AF ablation. The document is a collaborative effort with HRS, EHRA, ECAS, APHRS, and SOLAECE.
Guidelines/Clinical Documents: This manuscript builds on the work of a diverse, multiple-stakeholder Think Tank meeting and multidisciplinary Inter-pro Forum educational activity held in January 2019, both led by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). When examining the current clinical landscape, the Think Tank concluded that there is a clear need for AF CoEs to improve AF care and its delivery. In this manuscript, HRS hopes to accelerate this evolution by reviewing the rationale for AF CoEs, the available evidence for integrated and multidisciplinary care, and future challenges and opportunities. The document also defines the key priorities to be used as a guide for HRS and its diverse stakeholders to build consensus on defining the core components of an AF CoE.