Tan, Eugene M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4141-7155
Nagpal, Avish
DeSimone, Daniel C.
Anderson, Brenda
Linderbaum, Jane
De Ziel, Thomas
Li, Zhuo
Sohail, Muhammad R.
Cha, Yong-Mei
Loomis, Erica
Espinosa, Raul
Friedman, Paul A.
Greason, Kevin
Schiller, Henry
Virk, Abinash
Wilson, Walter R.
Steckelberg, James M.
Baddour, Larry M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eva and Gene Lane
Edward C. Rosenow III, M.D. Professorship in the Art of Medicine
HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Professorship in Infectious Diseases Honoring Walter R. Wilson, M.D.
Article History
Received: 19 June 2017
Accepted: 10 August 2017
First Online: 26 August 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Muhammad R. Sohail, MD, has a research grant from Medtronic and has also received consulting fees (all less than $10,000) from Medtronic, Spectranetics, and Boston Scientific. Larry M. Baddour, MD, has received royalty payments from UpToDate and has received payments for Editor-in-Chief duties from Massachusetts Medical Society (NEJM Journal Watch Infectious Diseases).
: The authors are grateful for the philanthropic gift from Eva and Gene Lane (L.M.B.), and for two Mayo Named Professorships—the Edward C. Rosenow III, M.D. Professorship in the Art of Medicine (W.R.W.), and the HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Professorship in Infectious Diseases Honoring Walter R. Wilson, M.D. (L.M.B.)—which were paramount in our work to advance the science of cardiovascular infections, which has been an ongoing focus of investigation at Mayo Clinic for over 60 years.
: Formal consent was not required for this retrospective study. This study did not involve any patient contact.
: No patient contact was required for this retrospective chart review. A waiver of informed consent was approved by the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board.