A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees in July 2010, by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in August 2010, and by the Heart Rhythm Society in August 2010. The Heart Rhythm Society requests that this document be cited as follows: Wann LS, Curtis AB, January CT, Ellenbogen KA, Lowe JE, Estes NAM 3rd, Page RL, Ezekowitz MD, Slotwiner DJ, Jackman WM, Stevenson WG, Tracy CM, writing on behalf of the 2006 ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Writing Committee. 2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update on the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (updating the 2006 guideline): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Heart Rhythm 2011;8:157–
176. This article has been copublished in the Journal of the
American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association.
