TY - JOUR
T1 - Translating guidelines into practice for the management of atrial fibrillation
T2 - results of an European Heart Rhythm Association Survey
AU - Dan, Gheorghe-Andrei
AU - Iliodromitis, Konstantinos
AU - Scherr, Daniel
AU - Marín, Francisco
AU - Lenarczyk, Radoslaw
AU - Estner, Heidi L
AU - Kostkiewicz, Marcin
AU - Dagres, Nikolaos
AU - Lip, Gregory Y H
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Despite the huge progress made in the both understanding the mechanisms and the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) this arrhythmia still represents an important health and social burden. Atrial fibrillation is increasing in frequency and is a major cause of death, stroke, heart failure, cognitive decline, and hospitalizations. New data have emerged emphasizing the multidisciplinary approach to better management of this common arrhythmia. Despite the availability of AF management guidelines, practice among European centres may differ from the current guideline recommendations. The scope of the current European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) survey is to evaluate the extent of the disparities between clinical practice and the 2016 AF European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Our survey examined important topics such as screening for AF, initial therapy, rhythm strategy, and stroke and bleeding risk assessment. In general, there was a high adherence to the new ESC AF guidelines among European cardiologists.
AB - Despite the huge progress made in the both understanding the mechanisms and the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) this arrhythmia still represents an important health and social burden. Atrial fibrillation is increasing in frequency and is a major cause of death, stroke, heart failure, cognitive decline, and hospitalizations. New data have emerged emphasizing the multidisciplinary approach to better management of this common arrhythmia. Despite the availability of AF management guidelines, practice among European centres may differ from the current guideline recommendations. The scope of the current European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) survey is to evaluate the extent of the disparities between clinical practice and the 2016 AF European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Our survey examined important topics such as screening for AF, initial therapy, rhythm strategy, and stroke and bleeding risk assessment. In general, there was a high adherence to the new ESC AF guidelines among European cardiologists.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Atrial fibrillation screening
KW - European Society of Cardiology guidelines
KW - Quality of life
KW - Rhythm and rate control strategy
KW - Stroke prevention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055511662&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/europace/euy094
DO - 10.1093/europace/euy094
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29893840
SN - 1099-5129
VL - 20
SP - 1382
EP - 1387
JO - 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
JF - 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
IS - 8
ER -