Flick, Moritz
Schumann, Roman
Hoppe, Phillip
Bonney, Iwona
Wesselink, Wilbert
Saugel, Bernd http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-0722
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Article History
Received: 30 June 2020
Accepted: 25 October 2020
First Online: 10 November 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: MF received honoraria for consulting from CNSystems Medizintechnik GmbH (Graz, Austria). RS received royalties as author and reviewer for obesity and sleep medicine related chapters in Up-To-Date (Wolters Kluwer; Waltham, MA, USA). PH has no conflicts of interest to declare. IB has no conflicts of interest to declare. WW is an employee of Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA, USA). BS received honoraria for consulting, honoraria for giving lectures, and refunds of travel expenses from Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA, USA). BS received honoraria for consulting, institutional restricted research grants, honoraria for giving lectures, and refunds of travel expenses from Pulsion Medical Systems SE (Feldkirchen, Germany). BS received institutional restricted research grants, honoraria for giving lectures, and refunds of travel expenses from CNSystems Medizintechnik GmbH (Graz, Austria). BS received institutional restricted research grants from Retia Medical LLC. (Valhalla, NY, USA). BS received honoraria for giving lectures from Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen GmbH (Böblingen, Germany). BS received honoraria for consulting, institutional restricted research grants, and refunds of travel expenses from Tensys Medical, Inc. (San Diego, CA, USA).
: The primary prospective study was approved by the Tufts Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (No. 9743) and patients provided written informed consent. This secondary analysis was independently approved by the Tufts Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (No. 11704).
: The need for informed consent for this secondary analysis was waived.