Prospective European Survey on Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Clinical Characteristics of Patients and Ablation Strategies Used in Different Countries

Abstract

European centers are largely following the recommendations of the guidelines and the expert consensus documents for AF ablation. AF ablation is mainly performed in relatively young patients with symptomatic drug refractory AF and no or minimal heart disease. Patients with paroxysmal AF are the most frequently treated with a quite uniform ablative approach across Europe. A less standardized approach was observed in nonparoxysmal AF patients.