ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation31This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in August 2001 the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in August 2001 and the European Society of Cardiology Board and Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences in August 2001 32When citing this document the American College of Cardiology the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology would appreciate the following citation format Fuster V Ryden LE Asinger RW Cannom DS Crijns HJ Frye RL Halperin JL Kay GN Klein WW Levy S McNamara RL Prystowsky EN Wann LS Wyse DG ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences (Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 38 XX-XX 33This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (www acc org) the American Heart Association (www americanheart org) the European Society of Cardiology (www escardio org) and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (www naspe org) Single reprints of this document (the complete Guidelines) to be published in the mid-October issue of the European Heart Journal are available by calling +44 207 424 4200 or +44 207 424 4389 faxing +44 207 424 4433 or writing Harcourt Publishers Ltd European Heart Journal ESC Guidelines - Reprints 32 Jamestown Road London NW1 7BY United Kingdom Single reprints of the shorter version (Executive Summary and Summary of Recommendations) published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the October issue of Circulation are available for $5 00 each by calling 800-253-4636 (US only) or by writing the Resource Center American College of Cardiology 9111 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda Maryland 20814 To purchase bulk reprints specify version and reprint number (Executive Summary 71-0208 full text 71-0209) up to 999 copies call 800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671 1000 or more copies call 214-706-1466 fax 214-691-6342 or E-mail pubauth@heart org