Dan, Kazuhiro
Garcia-Garcia, Hector M.
Yacob, Omar
Kuku, Kayode O.
Kolm, Paul
Shah, Nikunj
Bennett, Martin R.
Curzen, Nick
Waksman, Ron
Mahmoudi, Michael
Article History
Received: 12 April 2019
Accepted: 23 July 2019
First Online: 31 July 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Ron Waksman has served on the advisory boards of Abbott Vascular, Amgen, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Philips Volcano, Pi-Cardia Ltd., and Cardioset; has served as a consultant for Abbott Vascular, Amgen, Biosensors, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Philips Volcano, Pi-Cardia Ltd., and Cardioset; has received grant support from Abbott Vascular, AstraZeneca, Biosensors, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, and Chiesi; has served on the speakers bureaus of AstraZeneca and Chiesi; and is an investor in MedAlliance. All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in the present study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Research Ethics Service Committee South East Coast-Surrey, United Kingdom (REC Reference: 13/LO/0238, IRAS Project ID: 120221) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.