Simpson, Joanne
Benson, L.
Jhund, P. S.
Dahlström, U.
McMurray, J. J. V.
Lund, L. H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Glasgow
Article History
First Online: 23 March 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Establishment of SwedeHF, and the present analysis, was approved by a multisite ethics committee. Patients in Sweden are informed of the intent to include their data in the national registry and may choose to opt out of this.
: Professor McMurray’s employer, University of Glasgow, was paid by Novartis for Professor McMurray’s time spent as co-principal investigator of the PARADIGM-HF trial. Professor Lund’s institution has received money for consulting fees from Novartis. Dr. Jhund and Professor Dahlström received honoraria from Novartis. J Simpson and L Benson have no conflicts 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.