Symptom management strategies: rhythm versus rate control in patients with atrial fibrillation in the Balkan region: Data from the BALKAN-AF Survey
Short title: BALKAN-AF survey: rhythm vs. rate control
Monika Kozieł1,2,, Miroslav Mihajlovic3, Milan Nedeljkovic3,4, Nikola Pavlovic5, Vilma Paparisto6, Ljilja Music7, Elina Trendafilova8, Anca Rodica Dan9, Zumreta Kusljugic10, Gheorghe-Andrei Dan11, *Gregory Y.H. Lip1,2,4,12, *Tatjana S. Potpara3,4,on behalf of the BALKAN-AF Investigators.
*Joint senior authors
1 Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom,
21st Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland,
3 Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia,
4 School of Medicine, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia,
5 Clinical Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia,
6 Clinic of Cardiology, University Hospital Center Mother Theresa, Tirana, Albania,
7 Cardiology Clinic, University Clinical Center of Montenegro, University of Podgorica, Medical Faculty, Podgorica, Montenegro,
8 National Heart Hospital, Coronary Care Unit, Sofia, Bulgaria,
9 Colentina University Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bucharest, Romania,
10 Clinic of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Department, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Medical Faculty, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
11 Medicine University ”Carol Davila”, Colentina University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,
12 Aalborg Thrombosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.