Do baseline characteristics and treatments account for geographical disparities in the outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation? The prospective GARFIELD-AF registry

• Jonathan P Piccini,
• A John Camm,
• Ajay K Kakkar,
• Keith A A Fox,
• Yukihiro Koretsune,
• Sylvia Haas,
• Saverio Virdone,
• Jean-Pierre Bassand,
• Samuel Z Goldhaber,
• Shinya Goto,
• Frank Misselwitz,
• Alexander G G Turpie,
• Freek W A Verheugt,
• Gloria Kayani,
• Seil Oh,
• Jitendra Pal Singh Sawhney,
• Janina Stepinska,
• Alex Parkhomenko

Affiliations

Jonathan P Piccini

Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA

A John Camm

professor

Ajay K Kakkar

professor

Keith A A Fox

Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh Division of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, Edinburgh, UK

Yukihiro Koretsune

National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Sylvia Haas

Department of Medicine, Formerly Technical University of Munich, Munchen, Germany

Saverio Virdone

statistician

Jean-Pierre Bassand

Thrombosis Research Institute, London, UK

Samuel Z Goldhaber

Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women`s Hospital Department of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Shinya Goto

Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Tokai University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

Frank Misselwitz

Formerly Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany

Alexander G G Turpie

Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Freek W A Verheugt

Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gloria Kayani

5 Department of Clinical Research, Thrombosis Research Institute (TRI), London, UK

Seil Oh

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Jongno-gu, Korea (the Republic of)

Jitendra Pal Singh Sawhney

Department of Cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Janina Stepinska

Institute of Cardiology, Intensive Cardiac therapy clinic, Warsaw, Poland

Alex Parkhomenko

National Scientific Center M D Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology, The National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kiiv, Ukraine