Krushelnytskyy, Mykhaylo D.
Carlstrom, Lucas P.
Klassen, Bryan T.
Lundstrom, Brian N.
Paek, Seungleal
Lavrov, Igor A.
Stead, Squire M.
Sandroni, Paola
Lee, Kendall H.
Article History
Received: 28 May 2018
Accepted: 31 January 2019
First Online: 21 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Kendal H Lee served as a consultant to Medtronic Inc. in the past year. All other authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements) or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge, or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript
: Informed consent, including the discussion of off-label use of FDA approved devices, was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: 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 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.