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Europace 2003 5(2):119-122; doi:10.1053/eupc.2002.0300
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International consensus on nomenclature and classification of atrial fibrillation

A collaborative project of the Working Group on Arrhythmias and the Working Group on Cardiac Pacing of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

S. Lévy, A. J. Camm, S. Saksena, E. Aliot, G. Breithardt, H. Crijns, W. Davies, N. Kay, E. Prystowsky, R. Sutton, A. Waldo and D. G. Wyse^_*

^_*For the Study Group on Nomenclature and Classification of AF of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.

Key Words: Atrial arrhythmias, antiarrhythmic therapy, anticoagulation, atrial flutter

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Correspondence: Professeur Samuel Lévy, Hôpital Nord, Division of Cardiology, 13015, Marseille, France. Tel.: +33 491968682; Fax: +33 491962162; E-mail: samuel{at}samuel-levy.com

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