Moulki, Naeem
Kealhofer, Jessica V.
Benditt, David G.
Gravely, Amy
Vakil, Kairav
Garcia, Santiago
Adabag, Selcuk
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medtronic
Article History
Received: 6 March 2018
Accepted: 31 May 2018
First Online: 16 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This manuscript is the result of work supported with resources and use of facilities of the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System. The contents do not represent the views of the U.S. Department ofVeterans Affairs or the United States Government.
: Dr. Benditt is a consultant for and holds equity in Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude Medical. In addition, Dr. Benditt is supported in part by a grant from the Dr. Earl E. Bakken family in support of Heart-Brain research. Dr. Adabag has received research funding from the American Heart Association and Medtronic. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted in compliance with the declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Minneapolis VA Medical Center Institutional Review Board. Informed consent requirement was waived.