Krone, Manuel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-6454
Dufner, Vera
Wagner, Martin
Gelbrich, Götz
Ertl, Georg
Heuschmann, Peter U.
Article History
Received: 15 February 2018
Accepted: 3 April 2018
First Online: 13 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: MK, VD and MW declare no conflict of interest. GG reports grants from University Göttingen within DZHK analysis projects (the DZHK is funded by a BMBF Grant), personal fees from Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin within the TIM-HF-II trial for data safety and monitoring board membership (TIM-HF-II is supported by a BMBF Grant to the Charité), grants from University Hospital Würzburg within the MOOD-HF trial for biometry and steering committee membership (MOOD-HF is supported by a BMBF grant and an unrestricted grant to the University Hospital Würzburg from Lundbeck), grants from Reha-Klinikum Roter Hügel Bayreuth within the CaRitaS-trial for biometry and steering committee membership, grants from University Göttingen within the FIND-AF-randomized trial (FIND-AF-randomized is supported by an unrestricted grant to the University Göttingen from Boehringer-Ingelheim), outside the submitted work. GE reports research grants from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), counselling contract with Vifor Pharma, Lundbeck non-financial support, Bayer Grants, Novartis Grants and personal fees, outside the submitted work. PUH reports research grants from German Ministry of Research and Education, European Union, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Chamber of Physicians, German Parkinson Society, German Heart Foundation, University Hospital Würzburg, Robert Koch Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin (within Mondafis; supported by an unrestricted research grant to the Charité from Bayer), University Göttingen (within FIND-AF randomized; supported by an unrestricted research grant to the University Göttingen from Boehringer-Ingelheim), University Hospital Heidelberg (within RASUNOA-prime; supported by an unrestricted research grant to the University Hospital Heidelberg from Bayer, BMS, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo), outside the submitted work.