Shabtaie, Samuel A.
Sugrue, Alan
Tan, Nicholas Y.
Asirvatham, Samuel
Hayes, David L.
Article History
Received: 22 August 2018
Accepted: 16 October 2018
First Online: 23 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Drs. Samuel Shabtaie, Alan Sugrue, and Nicholas Tan have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. Samuel Asirvatham has received compensation for services from Aegis Medial, ATP, Nevro, Sanovas, Sorin Group, and FocusStart, LLC. He has been a speaker for Abiomed, AtriCure, Inc., Biotronik, Boston Scientific Corp., Medtronic, Inc., Medtelligence, Spectranetics Corporation, St. Jude Medical, Sanofi Aventis, Wolters Kluver, Elsevier, and Zoll Medical Corporation. He has received royalties from Nevro and Aegis Medial. Dr. David Hayes has served as a speaker for Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Biotronik, LivaNova. He has served on research oversight committee from Abbott Medical. He has received royalties from UpToDate, Wiley, and Cardiotext.
: This study was approved by the institutional review board at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN).