Stoiber, Lukas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2368-0999
Mahfoud, Felix
Zamani, Seyedeh Mahsa
Lapinskas, Tomas
Böhm, Michael
Ewen, Sebastian
Kulenthiran, Saarraaken
Schlaich, Markus P.
Esler, Murray D.
Hammer, Tommy
Stensæth, Knut Haakon
Pieske, Burkert
Dreysse, Stephan
Fleck, Eckart
Kühne, Titus
Kelm, Marcus
Stawowy, Philipp
Kelle, Sebastian
Article History
Received: 4 December 2017
Accepted: 5 March 2018
First Online: 8 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All institutions received scientific support from Medtronic/Ardian. FM, MPS, MDE, and MB were investigators for the Simplicity HTN-1 and HTN-2 trial. FM, MPS, MDE, and MB have received speaker honoraria and consultancy fees from Medtronic/Ardian, St. Jude, Boston Scientific, and/or Cordis. MB is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KFO 196). FM is supported by Deutsche Hochdruckliga. FM and MB are supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie. TL received support from the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. SK was supported by Philips Healthcare. TL, SK, and BP received support from the DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin. The German Heart Center Berlin is supported by Foundation German Heart Center Berlin.