Edlinger, Christoph
Granitz, Marcel
Paar, Vera
Jung, Christian
Pfeil, Alexander
Eder, Sarah
Wernly, Bernhard
Kammler, Jürgen
Hergan, Klaus
Hoppe, Uta C.
Steinwender, Clemens
Lichtenauer, Michael
Kypta, Alexander
Funding for this research was provided by:
Paracelsus Medical University
Article History
Received: 2 November 2017
Accepted: 16 March 2018
First Online: 23 May 2018
Compliance with ethical guidelines
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: C. Edlinger, M. Granitz, V. Paar, C. Jung, A. Pfeil, S. Eder, B. Wernly, J. Kammler, K. Hergan, U.C. Hoppe, C. Steinwender, M. Lichtenauer, and A. Kypta declare that they have no competing interests. The pacemaker manufacturer company did not provide any materials or financial support.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors. This article does not contain any studies with living experimental/laboratory animals performed by any of the authors. Hearts were obtained from a local slaughterhouse, therefore no approval from the local ethics committee for animal research was necessary.