In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007, the first joint expert consensus document was issued, guiding healthcare professionals involved in catheter or surgical AF ablation. Mounting research evidence and technological advances have resulted in a rapidly changing landscape in the field of catheter and surgical AF ablation, thus stressing the need for regularly updated versions of this partnership which were issued in 2012 and 2017. Seven years after the last consensus, an updated document was considered necessary to define a contemporary framework for selection and management of patients considered for or undergoing catheter or surgical AF ablation. This consensus is a joint effort from collaborating cardiac electrophysiology societies, namely the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society .

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2024年欧洲心律协会/心律协会/亚太心律协会/拉丁美洲心律协会关于房颤导管和手术消融的专家共识声明

在过去的三十年中，房颤（AF）消融已成为治疗最常见心律失常的一种基于证据的安全有效的治疗方法。 2007年，发布了第一份联合专家共识文件，指导参与导管或外科房颤消融的医疗保健专业人员。越来越多的研究证据和技术进步导致导管和外科 AF 消融领域的格局迅速变化，因此强调需要定期更新该合作伙伴关系的版本（该版本于 2012 年和 2017 年发布）。在上次达成共识七年后，更新的文件被认为有必要定义一个当代框架，用于选择和管理考虑或正在接受导管或手术房颤消融的患者。该共识是心脏电生理学合作学会的共同努力，即欧洲心律协会、心律协会、亚太心律协会和拉丁美洲心律协会。