Meyer, Anna Christina
Spiesshoefer, Jens
Siebers, Nina Christina
Heidbreder, Anna
Thiedemann, Christian
Schneider, Hartmut
Braun, Andrew T.
Randerath, Winfried
Young, Peter
Dreher, Michael
Boentert, Matthias http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6133-1397
Funding for this research was provided by:
Löwenstein Medical
Article History
Received: 17 June 2020
Revised: 24 October 2020
Accepted: 24 November 2020
First Online: 2 December 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JS is supported by the Else-Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (Grant SP A109) for this work, and by Kommission für Innovative Medizinische Forschung an der Medizinischen Fakultät Muenster (IMF Grant SP 11 18 15), by Deutsche Herzstiftung (DHS Grant S/01/19) and by young investigator research support from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa (Curriculum Ph.D. in Translational Medicine) and has received travel grants and lecture honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and Chiesi (all) outside the present work. MB is supported by Sanofi Genzyme outside this work. MB and PY have received speaker honoraria and travel grants from Sanofi Genzyme and Löwenstein Medical. MD reports to have received travel grants and/or speaking fees and/or fees for consulting from Actelion, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Berlin Chemie, Boehringer, Chiesi, Hamilton, Heinen und Löwenstein, Intermune, Linde, Novartis, Pfizer, Philips Respironics, ResMed, Roche and Weinmann. AM, CT, NS, HS, AH and AB declare no conflicts of interest in the context of this paper.
: The study protocol has been approved by the research institute’s committee on human research. Subjects have given their written informed consent.