Current management of atrial fibrillation in routine practice according to the last ESC guidelines: an EHRA physician survey-how are we dealing with controversial approaches?

José M Guerra Zoraida Moreno Weidmann Laura Perrotta Arian Sultan Ante Anić Andreas Metzner Rui Andre ProvidenciaSerge BovedaKyoung-Ryul Julian Chun

Published in: 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 (2024)

There is marked heterogeneity in AF management and limited accordance to last guidelines in the EHRA community. Most of the discrepancies are related to the main controversial issues, such as those related to AF screening, management of comorbidities, pharmacological treatment, and ablation strategy.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
clinical practice
healthcare
primary care
emergency department
catheter ablation
heart failure
mental health
oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage
acute coronary syndrome
direct oral anticoagulants
drug induced
radiofrequency ablation
replacement therapy