Healthcare provider and patient perspectives on access to and management of atrial fibrillation in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka: a rapid evaluation of barriers and facilitators to care

• Main Authors: Vethanayagam Antony Sheron (Author), Shivany Shanmugathas (Author), Tiffany E. Gooden (Author), Mahesan Guruparan (Author), Balachandran Kumarendran (Author), Gregory Y. H. Lip (Author), Semira Manaseki-Holland (Author), Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar (Author), Kaneshamoorthy Shribavan (Author), Kumaran Subaschandren (Author), Rashan Haniffa (Author), Rajendra Surenthirakumaran (Author), G. Neil Thomas (Author), Powsiga Uruthirakumar (Author), Sheila Greenfield (Author), Deirdre A. Lane (Author), Abi Beane (Author), NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia that affects 60 million people worldwide. Limited evidence on AF management exists from low- and middle-income countries and none from Sri Lanka. We aimed to investigate the existing AF care pathway and patients'...