{"id":28,"date":"2020-09-24T05:40:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T05:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/global-af-reach.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2021-04-16T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T10:41:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/global-af-reach.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28\" class=\"elementor elementor-28\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70a3944 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70a3944\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39f04e8\" data-id=\"39f04e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9f5ed0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9f5ed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the study<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38364c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38364c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-258e0448\" data-id=\"258e0448\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46935ee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46935ee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global National Institute for Health Research(NIHR) AF is an international research, ongoing in the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil and China.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AF is commonest sustained cardiac rhythm disorder globally, conferring a major burden of morbidity and mortality from stroke, heart failure, and dementia. However, there is a lack of baseline data and awareness of AF in developing countries such as Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the comprehensive and effective management, a simple 3-step approach (the \u2018ABC pathway\u2019) is proposed to streamline primary and secondary care AF management, i.e. Avoid stroke (Anticoagulation), Better symptom management (with rate or rhythm control), and Cardiovascular\/ comorbidity risk management.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have identified four key areas that need to be tackled to improve health systems to manage AF. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A targeted screening program<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better diagnosis and risk stratification<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early referral to hospital clinics<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improved data sharing and communication between the community and hospital care<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f31cd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f31cd4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d740fd\" data-id=\"0d740fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c79fefc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c79fefc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AF project management at the University of Jaffna\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c83c92a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c83c92a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-958f80d\" data-id=\"958f80d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab7306 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6ab7306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fdb097b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fdb097b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a4aacc\" data-id=\"1a4aacc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc72df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afc72df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Sri Lanka, NIHR AF study is leading by Dr R Surenthirakumaran, Senior Lecturer at Department of Community and Family Medicine of the University of Jaffna. The University of Jaffna entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Birmingham, UK. The MOU was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, Sri Lanka. The project has implemented through the University of Jaffna under the Ministry of Higher Education.<\/span>\n<br><br>\n<b>Themes and Aims<\/b>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to achieve the project goal, three themes have been proposed.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2955176 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2955176\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ee66a9\" data-id=\"7ee66a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a297d3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a297d3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88fa8e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88fa8e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2e2319\" data-id=\"c2e2319\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60678e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60678e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Theme I<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18b5bab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18b5bab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a4e2b2\" data-id=\"4a4e2b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6240ce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6240ce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba3f663 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba3f663\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbdfec4\" data-id=\"fbdfec4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d69df15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d69df15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim:<\/b>\u00a0<i>To assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of Atrial Fibrillation <\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and case-finding strategies for AF.<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><b>Lead:<\/b> Dr.S.Kumaran <sub>MBBS, DFM, MD\u00a0<\/sub><i> <\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A community-based survey among 10,000 above 50 years old in Northern Province, Sri Lanka was proposed. The community-survey is implemented through a mobile data collection process called &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-redcap.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>REDCap<\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; to get the general health data, related health care cost and risk status for AF.\u00a0 A mobile-based single lead ECG called &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alivecor.com\/\"><b>Alivecor &#8211; Kardia<b><\/b><\/b><\/a>&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is taken from all participants laboratory investigations for basic and novel biomarkers to evaluate the risk and prognosis will be done. Bio samples will be stored using cryo banking and from these baseline data sub cohorts and nested case control studies will take place.<\/span>\n\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10bc55f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10bc55f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7311b47\" data-id=\"7311b47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c75be elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"93c75be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a88b2bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a88b2bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e20bc11\" data-id=\"e20bc11\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d80b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d80b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Theme II<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2de8a9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2de8a9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83b4da6\" data-id=\"83b4da6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0046195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0046195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77c3cf1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77c3cf1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66a304b\" data-id=\"66a304b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fd9dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68fd9dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim: <\/b><i>To find out the existing AF management pathway and adopting an existing acute care mHealth platform through\u00a0 co-production with patients, healthcare professionals and managers to enable integrated community-based AF management.<\/i><\/span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><b>Lead:<\/b> Dr B.Kumarendran <sub>MBBS, M.Sc, MD, FRSPH\u00a0<\/sub><i> <\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span>\n<br>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evaluation of existing AF management pathway is done with the possible key stakeholders\u00a0 through\u00a0 pathway mapping, focus group discussions and interviews via qualitative and quantitative studies.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the AF pathway mapping data, a comprehensive mHealth platform will be implemented at the health care settings in an iterative process manner through consecutive adoptive evaluations to manage AF. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The existing acute care platform fuses mobile data entry with visual analytics from acute care facilities nationwide to provide patient and health services information up to 90 days following discharge. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built for smart-phones using Android technology, the platform has been co-designed and co-evaluated\u00a0 in partnership with multidisciplinary clinical and administrative teams, highlighting the platform\u2019s adaptive interconnectivity. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside in-application visualization, real-time information regarding patient acuity, activity and measures of care quality are displayed in dashboards, facilitating stakeholder driven\u00a0 care evaluation and resource prioritization. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research team will\u00a0 partner\u00a0 with\u00a0 Guo\u00a0 and team\u00a0 on\u00a0 expertise\u00a0 from\u00a0 the\u00a0 pilot\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mAFa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 (mobile Atrial Fibrillation application) trial and the ongoing mAFa II outcome trial testing the ABC pathway in China (Lip Co-PI), to modify the platform\u2019s functionality to\u00a0 include decision support tools\u00a0 for\u00a0 AF,\u00a0 chronic\u00a0 disease specific data capture and multi-user synchronized communication. The collaboration will harness existing expertise in application design, data structuring and mobile communication. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the patient\u2019s clinical and demographic information has been captured, risk prediction tools <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(CHADS2 VASc &amp; HAS \u2013 BLED2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) will automatically calculate risk scores, alerting clinicians to priorities\u00a0 in\u00a0 referral and providing decision support, as operationalized in the mAFa pilot trial,\u00a0 in early recognition and management of AF.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec8d30a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec8d30a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17ab229\" data-id=\"17ab229\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbc09e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dbc09e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-216ee8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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AF is commonest sustained cardiac rhythm disorder globally, conferring a major burden of morbidity and mortality from stroke, heart failure, and dementia. 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