Alcohol use as a modifiable risk factor in cardiology: A qualitative study of patient perspectives in Sweden

• Paul Welfordsson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.welfordsson@ki.se

  Affiliation Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-783X

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• Anna-Karin Danielsson,

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

  Affiliation Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden

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• Caroline Björck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Centre for Research and Development, Region Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden

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• Bartosz Grzymala-Lubanski,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Research and Development, Region Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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• Kristina Hambraeus,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Falun Hospital, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0768-2484

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• Ida Haugen Löfman,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Unit of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Frieder Braunschweig,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Unit of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4966-1315

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• Matthias Lidin,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Unit of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Sara Wallhed Finn

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, Unit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Centre for Dependency Disorders, Stockholm, Sweden

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