Piorkowski, Christopher
Arya, Arash
Markovitz, Craig D.
Razavi, Hedi
Jiang, Chunlan
Rosenberg, Stuart
Breithardt, Ole-A.
Rolf, Sascha
John, Silke
Kosiuk, Jedrzej
Huo, Yan
Döring, Michael
Richter, Sergio
Ryu, Kyungmoo
Gaspar, Thomas
Prinzen, Frits W.
Hindricks, Gerhard
Sommer, Philipp
Funding for this research was provided by:
Abbott Laboratories
Article History
Received: 19 December 2017
Accepted: 22 January 2018
First Online: 31 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: CP has received modest lecture honoraria from Abbott, Biotronik, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Biosense Webster, is a member of the Abbott, Siemens and Biosense Webster advisory boards, and has received research support from Abbott, Biotronik, Imricor, and Philips. CM, CJ, SR, and KR are employed by Abbott with ownership interests. OAB has received modest lecture honoraria from Abbott, Biotronik, Medtronic and GE Healthcare. S. Rolf and S. Richter have received modest lecture honoraria from Abbott, Biotronik, and Boehringer Ingelheim. FWP serves as a consultant for Abbott and has received research grants from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, EBR Systems, Biological Delivery System Cordis, Abbott, Sorin, Biotronik, MSD, and Proteus Biomedical. GH has received modest lecture honoraria from Abbott, Inc., Biotronik, Medtronic, and Biosense Webster and is a member of the Abbott and Biosense Webster advisory board. PS received modest lecture honoraria from Abbott, Biotronik, Biosense Webster, and Abbott and is a member of the Abbott advisory board. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.