2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Executive summary

• Hugh Calkins, MD,
• Gerhard Hindricks, MD,
• Riccardo Cappato, MD,
• Young-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD,
• Eduardo B. Saad, MD, PhD,
• Luis Aguinaga, MD, PhD,
• Joseph G. Akar, MD, PhD,
• Vinay Badhwar, MD,
• Josep Brugada, MD, PhD,
• John Camm, MD,
• Peng-Sheng Chen, MD,
• Shih-Ann Chen, MD,
• Mina K. Chung, MD,
• Jens Cosedis Nielsen, DMSc, PhD,
• Anne B. Curtis, MD,
• D. Wyn Davies, MD,
• John D. Day, MD,
• André d’Avila, MD, PhD,
• N.M.S. (Natasja) de Groot, MD, PhD,
• Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD,
• Mattias Duytschaever, MD, PhD,
• James R. Edgerton, MD,
• Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD,
• Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD,
• Sabine Ernst, MD, PhD,
• Guilherme Fenelon, MD, PhD,
• Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MS, MD,
• David E. Haines, MD,
• Michel Haissaguerre, MD,
• Robert H. Helm, MD,
• Elaine Hylek, MD, MPH,
• Warren M. Jackman, MD,
• Jose Jalife, MD,
• Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD,
• Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD,
• Hans Kottkamp, MD,
• Karl Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD,
• Koichiro Kumagai, MD, PhD,
• Richard Lee, MD, MBA,
• Thorsten Lewalter, MD, PhD,
• Bruce D. Lindsay, MD,
• Laurent Macle, MD,
• Moussa Mansour, MD,
• Francis E. Marchlinski, MD,
• Gregory F. Michaud, MD,
• Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD,
• Andrea Natale, MD,
• Stanley Nattel, MD,
• Ken Okumura, MD, PhD,
• Douglas Packer, MD,
• Evgeny Pokushalov, MD, PhD,
• Matthew R. Reynolds, MD, MSc,
• Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD,
• Mauricio Scanavacca, MD, PhD,
• Richard Schilling, MD,
• Claudio Tondo, MD, PhD,
• Hsuan-Ming Tsao, MD,
• Atul Verma, MD,
• David J. Wilber, MD,
• Teiichi Yamane, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Hugh Calkins, MD

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Gerhard Hindricks, MD

Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Riccardo Cappato, MD

Humanitas Research Hospital, Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Research Center, Milan, Italy

Young-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD

Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Eduardo B. Saad, MD, PhD

Hospital Pro-Cardiaco and Hospital Samaritano, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luis Aguinaga, MD, PhD

Centro Privado de Cardiología, Tucuman, Argentina

Joseph G. Akar, MD, PhD

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Vinay Badhwar, MD

West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV

Josep Brugada, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

John Camm, MD

St. George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom

Peng-Sheng Chen, MD

Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Shih-Ann Chen, MD

National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Mina K. Chung, MD

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Jens Cosedis Nielsen, DMSc, PhD

Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark

Anne B. Curtis, MD

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

D. Wyn Davies, MD

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

John D. Day, MD

Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT

André d’Avila, MD, PhD

Hospital SOS Cardio, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

N.M.S. (Natasja) de Groot, MD, PhD

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart & Vascular Care, Bronx, NY

Mattias Duytschaever, MD, PhD

Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent (Ghent University Hospital), Ghent, Belgium

James R. Edgerton, MD

The Heart Hospital, Baylor Plano, Plano, TX

Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA

Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Sabine Ernst, MD, PhD

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Guilherme Fenelon, MD, PhD

Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MS, MD

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

David E. Haines, MD

Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI

Michel Haissaguerre, MD

Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France

Robert H. Helm, MD

Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA

Elaine Hylek, MD, MPH

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Warren M. Jackman, MD

Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Jose Jalife, MD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, the National Center for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III (CNIC) and CIBERCV, Madrid, Spain

Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD

Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Hans Kottkamp, MD

Hirslanden Hospital, Department of Electrophysiology, Zurich, Switzerland

Karl Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD

Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany

Koichiro Kumagai, MD, PhD

Heart Rhythm Center, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Richard Lee, MD, MBA

Saint Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, MO

Thorsten Lewalter, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Hospital Munich-Thalkirchen, Munich, Germany

Bruce D. Lindsay, MD

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Laurent Macle, MD

Montreal Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Moussa Mansour, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Francis E. Marchlinski, MD

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Gregory F. Michaud, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD

Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Andrea Natale, MD

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, TX

Stanley Nattel, MD

Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Ken Okumura, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Douglas Packer, MD

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Evgeny Pokushalov, MD, PhD

State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russia

Matthew R. Reynolds, MD, MSc

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA

Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD

Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Mauricio Scanavacca, MD, PhD

Instituto do Coração (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil

Richard Schilling, MD

Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom

Claudio Tondo, MD, PhD

Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Center, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Hsuan-Ming Tsao, MD

National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan City, Taiwan

Atul Verma, MD

Southlake Regional Health Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

David J. Wilber, MD

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Teiichi Yamane, MD, PhD

Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan