Response by Lau et al to letters regarding article, "modifiable risk factors and atrial fibrillation"

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Funding Acknowledgements

Dr Lau is supported by the Robert J. Craig Lectureship from the University of Adelaide. Drs Kalman and Sanders are supported by Practitioner Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Dr Sanders is supported by the National Heart Foundation of Australia. Dr Lau has received research funding from St Jude Medical and lecture/or consulting fees from St Jude Medical, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Pfizer. Dr Kalman has received research funding from St Jude Medical, Biosense-Webster, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific. Dr Sanders has served on the advisory board of Biosense-Webster, Medtronic, St Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, and CathRx. Dr Sanders reports that the University of Adelaide has received on his behalf lecture or consulting fees from Biosense-Webster, Medtronic, St Jude Medical, and Boston Scientific. Dr Sanders reports that the University of Adelaide has received on his behalf research funding from Medtronic, St Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, Biotronik, and LivaNova.