Geis, Nicolas A.
Kiriakou, Christina
Chorianopoulos, Emmanuel
Uhlmann, Lorenz
Katus, Hugo A.
Bekeredjian, Raffi
Article History
Received: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 9 April 2018
First Online: 11 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: Nicolas A. Geis, Raffi Bekeredjian and Emmanuel Chorianopoulos are investigators in the ADVANCE II and SIMPLIFy TAVI trial. The other authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
: All patients were informed about indication, specific risks and alternatives of TAVI and gave informed written consent to the procedure and pre- and post-interventional monitoring (data collection). The study protocol has been approved by the local ethics committee and has, therefore, been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.