Disparities in atrial fibrillation: a call for holistic care

Agnieszka Kotalczyk^{1

2}, Gregory Y H Lip^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
² Department of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Diseases and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
³ Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

Agnieszka Kotalczyk et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 6:7:100160.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100160. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Agnieszka Kotalczyk^{1

2}, Gregory Y H Lip^{1

2

3}

¹ Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
² Department of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Diseases and Electrotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.
³ Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

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Conflict of interest statement

AK: None declared. GYHL: Consultant and speaker for BMS/Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim and Daiichi-Sankyo. No fees are received personally.

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