Management of asymptomatic arrhythmias: a European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) consensus document, endorsed by the Heart Failure Association (HFA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), Cardiac Arrhythmia Society of Southern Africa (CASSA), and Latin America Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS)

D.O. Arnar, G.H. Mairesse, G. Boriani, H. Calkins, A. Chin, A. Coats, J.-C. Deharo, J.H. Svendsen, H. Heidbüchel, R. Isa, J.M. Kalman, D.A. Lane, R. Louw, G.Y.H. Lip, P. Maury, T. Potpara, F. Sacher, P. Sanders, N. Varma, L. Fauchier

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