Design and Rationale of the National Tunisian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation: Protocol for a Prospective, Multicenter Trial

Afef Ben Halima   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Sana Ouali   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Mohamed Sami Mourali   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Sonia Chabrak   ³ , MD ;   Rafik Chettaoui   ³ , MD ;   Manel Ben Halima   ^{2, 3} , MD ;   Abdeddayem Haggui   ^{3, 4} , MD ;   Noureddine Larbi   ^{2, 3} , MD ;   Salma Krichène   ³ , MD ;   Sonia Marrakchi   ^{3, 5} , MD ;   Slim Kacem   ³ , MD ;   Rim Chrigui   ³ , MD ;   Mohamed Fahmi Abbes   ⁶ , MD ;   Hédi Baccar   ⁷ , MD ;   Nadia Baraket   ⁸ , MD ;   Najeh Ben Halima   ⁹ , MD ;   Ali Ben Khalfallah   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Mohamed Ben Mbarek   ¹¹ , MD ;   Soraya Ben Youssef   ¹² , MD ;   Essia Boughzala   ¹³ , MD ;   Mohamed Rachid Boujnah   ¹⁴ , MD ;   Habiba Drissa   ² , MD ;   Habib Gamra   ¹⁵ , MD ;   Ali Gasmi   ¹⁶ , MD ;   Habib Haouala   ⁴ , MD ;   Youssef Harrath   ¹⁷ , MD ;   Ines Issa   ¹⁸ , MD ;   Gouider Jeridi   ¹⁹ , MD ;   Salem Kachboura   ⁵ , MD ;   Samir Kammoun   ²⁰ , MD ;   Sondes Kraiem   ²¹ , MD ;   Faouzi Maatouk   ¹⁵ , MD ;   Sami Milouchi   ²² , MD ;   Wided Nasraoui   ²³ , MD ;   Ali Neji   ²⁴ , MD ;   Khaled Sayahi   ²⁵ , MD ;   Wissem Sdiri   ²⁶ , MD ;   Wajih Smati   ²⁷ , MD ;   Samir Tlili   ²⁸ , MD ;   Leila Abid   ^{1, 20} , MD ;   Salem Abdesselem   ¹ , MD ;   Lilia Zakhama   ^{1, 12} , MD ;   Abdallah Mahdhaoui   ^{1, 19} , MD ;   Helmi Kammoun   ^{1, 3} , MD ;   Skander Ben Omrane   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Faouzi Addad   ^{1, 5} , MD

¹ Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Tunis, Tunisia

² La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

³ National Tunisian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation Steering Committee, Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Tunis, Tunisia

⁴ Principal Military Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

⁵ Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Ariana, Tunisia

⁶ Zaghouan Hospital, Zaghouan, Tunisia

⁷ Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

⁸ Mohamed Taher Al Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia

⁹ Ibn El Jazzar Hospital, Kairouan, Tunisia

¹⁰ Menzel Bourguiba Hospital, Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia

¹¹ Kebili Hospital, Kebili, Tunisia

¹² Hospital of the Internal Security Forces, La Marsa, Tunisia

¹³ Sahloul Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia

¹⁴ Mongi Slim Hospital, La Marsa, Tunisia

¹⁵ Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia

¹⁶ Mohamed Ben Sassi Hospital, Gabes, Tunisia

¹⁷ Siliana Hospital, Siliana, Tunisia

¹⁸ Grombalia Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia

¹⁹ Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia

²⁰ Hédi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia

²¹ Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

²² Habib Bourguiba Hospital, Medenine, Tunisia

²³ Kasserine Hospital, Kasserine, Tunisia

²⁴ Ben Guerdane Hospital, Ben Guerdane, Tunisia

²⁵ Kef Hospital, Kef, Tunisia

²⁶ Bougatfa Hospital, Bizerte, Tunisia

²⁷ Houssine Bouzaiene Hospital, Gafsa, Tunisia

²⁸ Hédi Jaballah Hospital, Tozeur, Tunisia