Takarada, Ken http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0952-3716
Ströker, Erwin
Abugattas, Juan-Pablo
de Regibus, Valentina
Coutiño, Hugo-Enrique
Lusoc, Ian
Capulzini, Lucio
Sieira, Juan
Mugnai, Giacomo
Salghetti, Francesca
Choudhury, Rajin
Iacopino, Saverio
de Asmundis, Carlo
Brugada, Pedro
Chierchia, Gian-Battista
Article History
Received: 11 August 2017
Accepted: 10 April 2018
First Online: 21 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Ken Takarada is currently receiving an educational grant from Japanese Heart Rhythm Society. Juan-Pablo Abugattas is currently receiving an educational grant from St. Jude medical for the Postgraduate in Cardiac electrophysiology and Pacing academic course. Carlo de Asmundis receive compensation for teaching purposes and proctoring from AF solutions, Medtronic, member steering committee ETNA-AF Europe Daiichi Sankyo Europe and research grants on behalf of the center from Biotronik, Medtronic, St Jude Medical Abbot, Livanova, Boston Scientific. Pedro Brugada receives speakers’ fees from Biotronik, Medtronic. Gian-Battista Chierchia receives compensation for teaching purposes and proctoring from AF solutions, Medtronic.
: 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.