Theuns, Dominic A. M. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5160-9700
Bhagwandien, Rohit E.
Szili-Torok, Tamas
Zijlstra, Felix
Yap, Sing-Chien
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Medical Center Rotterdam
Article History
Received: 28 June 2018
Accepted: 14 November 2018
First Online: 26 November 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study protocol was approved by the IRB of the Erasmus MC (MEC-2015-619). The ethics committee waived the need for written informed consent, since this retrospective study was not subjected to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act. The study was carried out according to the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects established by the Declaration of Helsinki. The privacy of all patients and the confidentiality of their personal information were protected.
: Dr. Theuns has received research grants from Biotronik and Boston Scientific and consulting fees from Boston Scientific. Dr. Yap has been an ad hoc consultant for Medtronic and Boston Scientific and has been a speaker for Medtronic. Drs. Bhagwandien, Szili-Torok, and Zijlstra have nothing to disclose.