title: 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design: a report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society.
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mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D032921:Consensus; D019468:Disease Management; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012107:Research Design; D012306:Risk; D016896:Treatment Outcome