Identifying and understanding the care pathway of patients with atrial fibrillation in Brazil and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study

• Alessandra C. Goulart ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: s.manasekiholland@bham.ac.uk (SM-H); agoulart@hu.usp.br (ACG)

  ¶‡ ACG and ACV are joint first authors on this work. IMB and SM-H are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Center for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research and Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1076-5210

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• Ana C. Varella ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ ACG and ACV are joint first authors on this work. IMB and SM-H are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Center for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research and Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Tiffany E. Gooden,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-5477

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• Gregory Y. H. Lip,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-1626

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• Kate Jolly,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• G. Neil Thomas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Paulo A. Lotufo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research and Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Sheila Greenfield,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Rodrigo D. Olmos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research and Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Isabela M. Bensenor ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ACG and ACV are joint first authors on this work. IMB and SM-H are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Center for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research and Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Semira Manaseki-Holland ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.manasekiholland@bham.ac.uk (SM-H); agoulart@hu.usp.br (ACG)

  ¶‡ ACG and ACV are joint first authors on this work. IMB and SM-H are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5827-8855

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• on behalf of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management

  ¶Members of the NIHR Global Health Group on Atrial Fibrillation Management are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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