Yamane, Teiichi
Sasano, Tetsuo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-6104
Tomita, Hirofumi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8149-3043
Aoyama, Daisetsu
Miyazaki, Shinsuke
Takigawa, Masateru
Kimura, Masaomi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0229-0569
Itoh, Taihei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-0320
Yamashita, Seigo
Selma, Jada M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2671-0265
Cerkvenik, Jeffrey
Verma, Atul
Tada, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8578-2328
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Medtronic
University of Fukui
Article History
Received: 23 May 2024
Accepted: 21 August 2024
First Online: 7 September 2024
Declarations
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: Data collection adhered to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practices. The study was approved by local institutional review boards and ethics committees at each center.
: Patients provided written informed consent prior to participation in the study.
: J Cerkvenik and Dr. JM Selma are employees of Medtronic. Dr. Miyazaki received endowed affiliations and lecture fees from Medtronic. Dr. Tada received research grants from Abbott Medical Japan LLC, Nippon Boehringer lngelheim Co., Ltd, DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Marubun Tusyo K.K. Dr. Tada also received honoraria (lecture fees, presentations, or speakers’ bureaus) from DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, Ltd., BIOTRONIK Japan, Inc., Bristol Myers Squibb, Boston Scientific Japan K.K., Novartis Pharma K.K., and Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd. Dr. Tomita received research funding from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Daiichi-Sankyo, Boston Scientific Japan Co., Ltd., Abbott Medical Japan LLC., Biotronik Japan Co., Ltd. and speakers’ bureau/honorarium from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Dr. Tomita is a concurrent professor, and Drs. Kimura and Itoh are an associate professor of an endowed department supported by Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd., Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd, and Fukuda Denshi Kita-Tohoku Hanbai Co., Ltd. Dr. Kimura received honorariums from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Abbott, Toray, and Johnson & Johnson, and has affiliation with an endowed department supported by Medtronic, Fukuda Denshi, and Japan Lifeline. Dr. Taihei Ito received honorariums from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Abbott, Toray, and Johnson & Johnson and has affiliation with an endowed department supported by Medtronic, Fukuda Denshi, and Japan Lifeline. Dr. Verma, received grants and/or consultation funds from Medtronic, Inc, Biosense Webster (BW), Bayer, Medlumics, Adagio Medical, and Boston Scientific.