Monge Garcia, Manuel Ignacio
Jian, Zhongping
Settels, Jos J.
Hatib, Feras
Cecconi, Maurizio
Pinsky, Michael R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Edwards Lifesciences
Article History
Received: 26 August 2018
Accepted: 11 December 2018
First Online: 14 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: MIMG is a consultant to Edwards Lifesciences and received honoraria and/or travel expenses from Deltex Medical. MRP is a consultant to Edwards LifeSciences, LiDCO Ltd., and Cheetah. MC has received honoraria and/or travel expenses from Edwards Lifesciences, LiDCO, Cheetah, Bmeye, Masimo and Deltex Medical. ZJ, JJS, and FH are Edwards Lifesciences employees.
: The study was approved for the use of Yorkshire crossbred pigs by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Edwards Research Center, and all experimentation was performed in accordance with the USDA Animal Welfare Act regulations (AWArs), and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (ILAR, NAP, Washington, DC, 2010, 8th edition). The Test Facility is accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALACi) and registered with the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct research with laboratory animals. The ARRIVE guidelines were used for the elaboration of this manuscript.