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. 2022 Apr 3;24(6):979–1005. doi: 10.1093/europace/euac038

Table 1.

Categories of the consensus statement

Consensus statement Definition Symbol
Indicated or ‘should do this’ Scientific evidence that a treatment or procedure is beneficial and effective, or is strongly supported by authors’ consensus graphic file with name euac038ilf1.jpg
May be used General agreement and/or scientific evidence favour the usefulness/ efficacy of a treatment or procedure graphic file with name euac038ilf2.jpg
Should NOT be used Scientific evidence or general agreement not to use or suggest a treatment or procedure graphic file with name euac038ilf3.jpg

The categorization for our consensus document should not be considered directly similar to the one used for official society guideline recommendations which apply a classification (I–III) and level of evidence (A, B, and C) to recommendations.