Sex differences in management and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation in the Middle East: Gulf survey of atrial fibrillation events (Gulf SAFE)

• Abdulla Shehab ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  * E-mail: A.Shehab@uaeu.ac.ae

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Mohammad Zubaid ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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• Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Gondar-College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Wafa A. Rashed ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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• Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Wal AlMahmeed ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Kadhim Sulaiman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman

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• Ibrahim Al-Zakwani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University and Gulf Health Research, Muscat, Oman

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• Ahmed AlQudaimi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Al Thawra Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Nidal Asaad ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

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• Haitham Amin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulla Shehab, Mohammad Zubaid, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa A. Rashed, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Wal AlMahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ahmed AlQudaimi, Nidal Asaad, Haitham Amin

  Affiliation Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Center, Manama, Bahrain

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• on behalf of the Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events (Gulf SAFE) investigators

  ¶Members of the Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events (Gulf SAFE) is provided in the Supporting Information.

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