Zocca, Paolo
Kok, Marlies M.
van der Heijden, Liefke C.
Danse, Peter W.
Schotborgh, Carl E.
Scholte, Martijn
Hartmann, Marc
Linssen, Gerard C. M.
Doggen, Carine J. M.
von Birgelen, Clemens http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5128-2832
Funding for this research was provided by:
Biotronik
Boston Scientific Corporation
Medtronic
Article History
First Online: 24 August 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: The trial complied with the CONSORT 2010 Statement and Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee Twente and the institutional review boards of all participating centers. All trial participants provided written informed consent.
: CvB reports that the research department of Thoraxcentrum Twente has received research grants provided by Biotronik, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic. All other authors declared that they have no additional conflict of interest.
: 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.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.