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Article History

Received: 29 August 2023

Accepted: 18 October 2023

First Online: 20 November 2023

Declarations

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: C.T. has received institutional grants from Abbott Vascular, Medtronic and SMT as well as consulting grants from Biotronik, Microport and Innova. R.F. works for Rainmed. A. C. has consultancy agreements with Medyria, HiD-Imaging and Nanoflex. D. N. received honoraria, consultant fees and/or travel expenses from Abbott, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG, Emilwood Service Limited, Gerson Lehman Group (GLG) Consulting, Novartis, Pfizer, walk and feel, and Zoll. F.R. has not received personal payments by pharmaceutical companies or device manufacturers in the last 3 years (remuneration for the time spent in activities, such as participation as steering committee member of clinical trials and member of the Pfizer Research Award selection committee in Switzerland, were made directly to the University of Zurich). The Department of Cardiology (University Hospital of Zurich/University of Zurich) reports research-, educational- and/or travel grants from Abbott, Abiomed, Alexion, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, At the Limits Ltd., Bayer, Berlin Heart, B. Braun, Biosense Webster, Biosensors Europe AG, Biotronik, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Scientific, Bracco, Cardinal Health Switzerland, Concept Medical, Corteria, CSL, Daiichi Sankyo, Diatools AG, Edwards Lifesciences, Guidant Europe NV (BS), Hamilton Health Sciences, IHF, Innosuisse, Johnson/Johnson, Kaneka Corporation, Kantar, Kiniksa, Labormedizinisches Zentrum, MedAlliance, Medical Education Global Solutions, Medtronic, MicroPort, MSD, Mundipharma Medical Company, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Orion, Pfizer, Quintiles Switzerland Sarl, RecorMedical, Roche Diagnostics, Roche Pharma, Sahajanand IN, Sanofi, Sarstedt AG, Servier, SIS Medical, Sorin CRM SAS, SSS International Clinical Research, Stromal, Terumo Deutschland, Trama Solutions, V-Wave, Vascular Medical, Vifor, Wissens Plus, ZOLL. These grants do not impact on F.R. personal remuneration. B. S. has been supported by a donation of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al-Thani to the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and research grants to the institution from the OPO Foundation, the Iten-Kohaut Foundation, the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Boston Scientific, and Edwards Lifesciences and has received consulting and speaker fees from Boston Scientific and Abbott Vascular. All other authors have nothing to disclose.