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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 L. Samuel Wann, Anne B. Curtis, Craig T. January, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, James E. Lowe, N.A. Mark Estes, III, Richard L. Page, Michael D. Ezekowitz, David J.Slotwiner, Warren M. Jackman, William G. Stevenson and Cynthia M. Tracy Circulation published online Dec 20, 2010; DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181fa3cf4
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ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update
2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Updating the 2006 Guideline)
A Report of the American College ofCardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
2011 WRITING GROUP MEMBERS L. Samuel Wann, MD, MACC, FAHA*, Chair; Anne B. Curtis, MD, FACC, FAHA*†; Craig T. January, MD, PhD, FACC*†; Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FACC, FHRS†‡; James E. Lowe, MD, FACC*; N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FACC, FHRS§; Richard L. Page, MD, FACC, FHRS‡; Michael D. Ezekowitz, MB, ChB, FACC*; DavidJ. Slotwiner, MD, FACC‡; Warren M. Jackman, MD, FACC, FHRS*; William G. Stevenson, MD, FACC, FAHA ; Cynthia M. Tracy, MD, FACC* 2006 WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, Co-Chair; Lars E. Ryden, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC, FAHA, Co-Chair; David S. Cannom, MD, FACC*; ´ Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, MD, FESC*; Harry J. Crijns, MD, FACC, FESC¶; James E. Lowe, MD, FACC*; Anne B.Curtis, MD, FACC, FAHA*; S. Bertil Olsson, MD, PhD, FESC*; Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FACC, FHRS; Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, FACC*; Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA*; Juan Luis Tamargo, MD, FESC*; G. Neal Kay, MD, FACC*; L. Samuel Wann, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC* ACCF/AHA TASK FORCE MEMBERS Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair-Elect; Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS,CCRN; Judith S. Hochman, MD, FACC, FAHA; Christopher E. Buller, MD, FACC#; Frederick G. Kushner, MD, FACC, FAHA; Mark A. Creager, MD, FACC, FAHA; Erik Magnus Ohman, MD, FACC; Steven M. Ettinger, MD, FACC; William G. Stevenson, MD, FACC, FAHA; Robert A. Guyton, MD, FACC; Lynn G. Tarkington, RN#; Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA; Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA

*ACCF/AHA Representative. †Recusedfrom voting on Section 8.1.8.3, Recommendations for Dronedarone. ‡HRS Representative. §ACCF/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures Representative. ACCF/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines Liaison. ¶European Society of Cardiology Representative. #Former Task Force member during this writing effort. This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees inJuly 2010, by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in August 2010, and by the Heart Rhythm Society in August 2010. The American Heart Association 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...