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May 14, 2026Journal of the American College of Cardiology2,219 citations

2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

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CJCraig T. JanuaryLWL. Samüel WannHCHugh Calkins

Key Result

The 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS focused update provides revised clinical guidelines and recommendations for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.

Key Points

  • This update aims to revise and enhance the guidelines for managing patients with atrial fibrillation.
  • Focused update based on the latest evidence and expert consensus.
  • Review of existing guidelines from 2014, assessing their implications for current practice.
  • Involvement of multiple expert panelists from various specialties.
  • Updated recommendations on anticoagulation strategies for atrial fibrillation.
  • Emphasis on the importance of individualized risk assessment in management.
  • New insights into the management of coexisting conditions in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Structured PICO

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Population
Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
I
Intervention
Guideline-directed management

Provides the 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS focused update on guidelines for managing atrial fibrillation.

Abstract

Glenn N. Levine, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, MACC, FAHA, Chair-Elect Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, FACC, FAHA, Immediate Past Chair #1 Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA Joshua A. Beckman, MD, MS, FAHA Kim K. Birtcher, PharmD, MS, AACC Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC,

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January et al. (2019) studied this question. The 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS focused update provides revised clinical guidelines and recommendations for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a05e7e067524563d62543bfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.01.011
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