Spitzer, Stefan Georg
Károlyi, László
Rämmler, Carola
Scharfe, Frank
Zieschank, Mirko
Langbein, Anke
Article History
Received: 10 July 2018
Accepted: 12 July 2018
First Online: 6 August 2018
Compliance with ethical guidelines
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: S.G. Spitzer received speaking fees and travel support from Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Abbott and Topera and participated in clinical trials for Abbott and Medtronic. L. Karolyi received speaking fees from Abbott and participated in clinical trials for Abbott and Medtronic. A. Langbein received speaking fees and travel support from Medtronic, Abbott and Boston and participated in clinical trials for Abbott and Medtronic. C. Rämmler, F. Scharfe, and M. Zieschank declare that they have no competing interests.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1975 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.