Fiala, Justin
Palraj, Bharath Raj http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-9565
Sohail, M. Rizwan
Lahr, Brian
Baddour, Larry M.
Article History
Received: 22 March 2019
Accepted: 2 July 2019
First Online: 11 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors attest no financial interest or potential conflict of interest specific to the submitted research study. Drs. Rizwan Sohail and Larry Baddour have general disclosures not related to the study: Dr. Sohail reports receiving funds from TYRX Inc. and Medtronic for prior research unrelated to this study administered according to a sponsored research agreement between Mayo Clinic and study sponsor that prospectively defined the scope of the research effort and corresponding budget; and honoraria/consulting fees from Medtronic Inc., Spectranetics, Boston Scientific Corp., and Aziyo Biologics, Inc. Dr. Baddour receives royalty payments for authorship duties from UpToDate, Inc., and consultant payments from Boston Scientific.
: The study did not involve any animals. The research study involved retrospective review of electronic medical records of patient who had agreed to the use of electronic data for research purpose. No intervention was done on human subjects. Patients were not contacted. Institutional review board approved the study and waived requirement of informed consent.
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