Shah, Neomi
Reid, Michelle
Mani, Venkatesh
Kundel, Vaishnavi
Kaplan, Robert C.
Kizer, Jorge R.
Fayad, Zahi A.
Shea, Steven
Redline, Susan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL127637, R01HL127637, R01HL127637, R01HL127637, R35HL135818)
Article History
Received: 31 March 2022
Accepted: 7 October 2022
First Online: 31 October 2022
Declarations
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: Ms. Michelle Reid declares that she has no conflict of interest. Dr. Venkatesh Mani declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dr. Vaishnavi Kundel declares that she has no conflict of interest. Dr. Robert Kaplan declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dr. Zahi Fayad declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dr. Steven Shea declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dr. Neomi Shah reports receiving funding and consulting funds from Itamar and Respicardia, unrelated to this project and stock ownership in Abbott Laboratories. Dr. Susan Redline reports receiving grants and consulting funds from Jazz Pharmaceuticals and consulting fees from Eisai Pharmaceuticals, unrelated to this project. Dr. Jorge Kizer reports stock ownership in Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Merck and Pfizer.
: 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. The MESA protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board from each participating institution [Wake Forest University (IRB00008492), Columbia University (IRB00002973), Johns Hopkins University (IRB00001656), University of Minnesota (IRB00000438), Northwestern University (IRB00005003), University of California Los Angeles (IRB00000172), and University of Washington (IRB00005647)]. Additionally, Institutional Review Board approval was obtained by the Columbia University institutional review board (IRB AAAQ1318) for the MESA PET ancillary study.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.