Elias, Joëlle
,
van Dongen, Ivo M.
Hoebers, Loes P.
Ouweneel, Dagmar M.
Claessen, Bimmer E. P. M.
Råmunddal, Truls
Laanmets, Peep
Eriksen, Erlend
Piek, Jan J.
van der Schaaf, René J.
Ioanes, Dan
Nijveldt, Robin
Tijssen, Jan G.
Henriques, José P. S.
Hirsch, Alexander
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amsterdam UMC
Article History
Received: 20 March 2019
Revised: 17 May 2019
Accepted: 21 June 2019
First Online: 26 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. J.P.S. Henriques.
: JPSH has received grants from Abbott Vascular during the conduct of the study and has received grants from B. Braun, Abiomed, and Biotronik outside the submitted work. RJvdS has received grants from Abbott Vascular, Biotronik, and Biosensors, has received personal fees from Biotronik and Boston Scientific, has been a consultant for Biotronik, and has received speaker fees from OrbusNeich, Boston Scientific, and Asahi Intecc outside the submitted work. TR has been a proctor for Boston Scientific.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained. The EXPLORE trial was approved by the central Medical Ethics Review Committee (METC) of the Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and by all local ethics committees involved.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in JACC (2016, main paper) and Heart (2018, long-term follow-up).
: • prospective• randomized controlled trial• multicenter study