Wolter, Stefan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8052-6648
Duprée, Anna
ElGammal, Alexander
Runkel, Norbert
Heimbucher, Johannes
Izbicki, Jakob R.
Mann, Oliver
Busch, Philipp
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medtronic
Article History
First Online: 5 September 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: The study protocol, all study protocol amendments, written study patient information, informed consent form (ICF) and any other appropriate study-related information were reviewed and approved by an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) or Institutional Review Board (IRB) at each study site. The study was also conducted with scientific purpose, value, and rigor and followed generally accepted research practices such as the International Conference on Harmonization Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP) guidelines. Compliance with these requirements also constitutes conformity with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki
: The authors have no financial support or commercial associations that may be a conflict of interest in relation to this article.