ACC/AHA/ESC Practice Guideline

ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death)

This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Board of Trustees in August 2006, by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in July 2006, and by the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines in July 2006.

When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology request that the following citation format be used: Zipes DP, Camm AJ, Borggrefe M, Buxton AE, Chaitman B, Fromer M, Gregoratos G, Klein G, Moss AJ, Myerburg RJ, Priori SG, Quinones MA, Roden DM, Silka MJ, Tracy C. ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death). J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48:e247–e346.

This article has been copublished in the September 5, 2006 issue of Circulationand September 2006 issue of Europace.

Copies:This 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), and the European Society of Cardiology (www.escardio.org). Single and bulk reprints of both the online full-text guidelines and the published executive summary (published in the September 5, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the September 5, 2006 issue of Circulation, and the September 17, 2006 issue of the European Heart Journal) are available from Oxford University Press by contacting Special Sales, Journals Division, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, UK. Telephone +44 (0)1865 353827, Fax +44 (0)1865 353774, work mobile +44 (0)7841 322925, or e-mail [email protected].

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European Heart Rhythm Association Official Representative

Heart Rhythm Society Official Representative

Immediate Past Chair