2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Executive summary

Hugh Calkins, MD (Chair), Gerhard Hindricks, MD (Vice-Chair),* Riccardo Cappato, MD (Vice-Chair), Young-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD (Vice-Chair), Eduardo B. Saad, MD, PhD (Vice-Chair), Luis Aguinaga, MD, PhD, Joseph G. Akar, MD, PhD, Vinay Badhwar, MD, Josep Brugada, MD, PhD,* John Camm, MD,* Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, Shih-Ann Chen, MD, Mina K. Chung, MD, Jens Cosedis Nielsen, DMSc, PhD,* Anne B. Curtis, MD,15‖ D. Wyn Davies, MD, John D. Day, MD, André d’Avila, MD, PhD, N.M.S. (Natasja) de Groot, MD, PhD,* Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD,* Mattias Duytschaever, MD, PhD,* James R. Edgerton, MD, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, Sabine Ernst, MD, PhD,* Guilherme Fenelon, MD, PhD, Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MS, MD, David E. Haines, MD, Michel Haissaguerre, MD,* Robert H. Helm, MD, Elaine Hylek, MD, MPH,