Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Northern Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a cross-sectional household survey

Shribavan Kanesamoorthy; Vethanayagam Antony Sheron; Powsiga Uruthirakumar; Chamira Kodippily; Balachandran Kumarendran; Tiffany E Gooden; Graham Neil Thomas; Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar; Gregory Y H Lip; Mahesan Guruparan; Rashan Haniffa; Rajendra Surenthirakumaran; Abi Beane; Kumaran Subaschandran

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056480

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Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Northern Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a cross-sectional household survey

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Shribavan Kanesamoorthy Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vethanayagam Antony Sheron Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Powsiga Uruthirakumar Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chamira Kodippily National Intensive Care Surveillance-Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Jaffna, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Balachandran Kumarendran Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tiffany E Gooden Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Graham Neil Thomas Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gregory Y H Lip Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKLiverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mahesan Guruparan Department of Cardiology, Jaffna Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rashan Haniffa Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rajendra Surenthirakumaran Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Abi Beane Centre for Inflammation Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kumaran Subaschandran Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka PubMed articles Google scholar articles
on behalf of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management
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Correspondence to Professor Graham Neil Thomas; gneilthomas{at}gmail.com

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Kanesamoorthy S, Sheron VA, Uruthirakumar P on behalf of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management, et al

Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in Northern Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a cross-sectional household survey

BMJ Open 2022;12:e056480. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056480

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Received August 18, 2021
Accepted October 10, 2022
First published November 23, 2022.

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December 29, 2023

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