GuidelineCurrent

ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS 2023 — 2023 Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation

American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association / American College of Clinical Pharmacy / Heart Rhythm Society, 2023

Recognizes AF as a progressive disease with staged management (risk factors through permanent AF), with recommendations spanning thromboembolic risk assessment and anticoagulation, rate and rhythm control strategies, and catheter/surgical ablation. Early rhythm control is associated with better maintenance of sinus rhythm and reduced AF progression in appropriate candidates.

Conditional recommendationModerate certainty

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Clinical Context & Relevant Topics (1)

Disease Reference

Arrhythmias in Critical Illness

Algorithmic tachy- and bradyarrhythmia management, new-onset ICU atrial fibrillation, wide-complex tachycardia differentiation, and refractory Torsades overdrive pacing protocols.

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