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.