title: 2014 AATS guidelines for the prevention and management of perioperative atrial fibrillation and flutter for thoracic surgical procedures. Executive summary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: gfrendl@partners.org.
authors.forename: Gyorgy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frendl
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Alissa C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Sodickson
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Mina K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Albert L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Waldo
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn.
authors.forename: Bernard J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Gersh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind.
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tisdale
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Calkins
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Sary
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aranki
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cassivi
authors.affiliation: Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Sidney C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Arrhythmia Service, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.
authors.forename: Dawood
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Darbar
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Jon O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Wee
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Thomas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Waddell
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amar
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents