Mortensen, Chloe http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9427-0922
Chung, John
Liu, David
Ho, Stephen
Legiehn, Gerald
Machan, Lindsay
Klass, Darren
Article History
Received: 29 May 2018
Accepted: 17 October 2018
First Online: 29 October 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Dr. Mortensen, Dr. Ho and Dr. Legiehn declare that they have nothing to disclose. Dr. Chung reports personal fees from Merit Medical, personal fees from Boston Scientific, outside the submitted work. Dr. Liu reports other (independent director) from Merit Medical, grants from Seimens Medical, outside the submitted work. Dr. Machan reports other (medical advisory board) from Boston Scientific Corp, other (scientific advisory committee) from Cook Inc, outside the submitted work. Dr. Klass reports personal fees from Merit Medical, personal fees from Cook Medical, personal fees from Phillips Healthcare, personal fees from Liva Nova, grants from Biolife, outside the submitted work.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.