Höhn, René http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2870-1469
Nickels, Stefan
Schuster, Alexander K.
Wild, Philipp S.
Münzel, Thomas
Lackner, Karl J.
Schmidtmann, Irene
Beutel, Manfred
Pfeiffer, Norbert
Article History
Received: 14 February 2018
Revised: 1 May 2018
Accepted: 10 May 2018
First Online: 17 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study protocol and study documents were approved by the local ethics committee of the Medical Chamber of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (reference no. 837.020.07; original vote: 22.3.2007, latest update: 20.10.2015). According to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki, written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their entry into the study.
: Dr. Pfeiffer received honoraria for lectures or consulting from Thea, Isarna, Novartis, Alcon, Medscape, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ivantis. Dr. Schuster received financial support for other projects by Heidelberg Engineering and Bayer Healthcare. Dr. Wild has received research funding from Boehringer Ingelheim, PHILIPS Medical Systems, Sanofi-Aventis, Bayer Vital, Daiichi Sankyo Europe and receiced honoraria for lectures or consulting from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer HealthCare, Bayer Vital, Public Health–Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Astra Zeneca and Sanofi-Aventis. All other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.