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. 2024 Dec;21(12):841-843.
doi: 10.1038/s41569-024-01091-1.

The burden of atrial fibrillation in the Asia-Pacific region

Christopher X Wong  1 , Hung Fat Tse  2 , Eue-Kuen Choi  3 , Tze-Fan Chao  4 , Koichi Inoue  5 , Katrina Poppe  6 , Eugene Tan  7 , Yoga Yuniadi  8 , Erdie Fadreguilan  9 , Sofian Johar  10 , Ngai Yin Chan  11 , Narayan Namboodiri  12 , S Mokaddas Hossain  13 , Huang He  14 , Thoranis Chantrarat  15 , Abdul Raqib Bin Abd Ghani  16 , Narantuya Davaakhuu  17 , Nwe Nwe  18 , Ghazala Irfan  19 , Minh That Ton  20 , Rohan Gunawardena  21 , Prashanthan Sanders  22
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The burden of atrial fibrillation in the Asia-Pacific region

Christopher X Wong et al. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2024 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests E.-K.C. declares research grants or speaking fees from Abbott, Bayer, Biosense Webster, BMS/Pfizer, Chong Kun Dang, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, DeepQure, Dreamtech, Jeil Pharmaceutical, Medtronic, Samjinpharm, Samsung Electronics, Seers Technology and Skylabs. K.I. declares honoraria from Boston Scientific, Daiichi Sankyo, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic. P.S. declares that the University of Adelaide, Australia, has received on his behalf research grants from Abbott, Boston Scientific, Becton Dickinson and Medtronic, and reports serving on advisory boards for Abbott, Boston Scientific, CathRx, Medtronic and Pacemate. The other authors declare no competing interests.

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