Ariyaratne, Thathya V.
Ademi, Zanfina
Huq, Molla
Rosenfeldt, Franklin
Duffy, Stephen J.
Parkinson, Bonny
Yap, Cheng-Hon
Smith, Julian
Billah, Baki
Yan, Bryan P.
Brennan, Angela L.
Tran, Lavinia
Reid, Christopher M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart Foundation of Australia (PC 10M 5457)
National Health and Medical Research Council
Article History
First Online: 12 July 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: TVA was supported by the National Heart Foundation of Australia Postgraduate Research Scholarship (PC 10M 5457). SJD’s and CMR’s work is supported by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia grants. The MIG acknowledges funding from Abbott Vascular, Astra-Zeneca, Medtronic, MSD, Pfizer, Servier, and The Medicines Company. These companies do not have access to data and do not have the right to review manuscripts or abstracts before publication. The Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) National Cardiac Surgery Database Program is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria, the Health Administration Corporation (GMCT) and the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), NSW, and funding from individual units. ANZSCTS research activities are supported through a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship and Program Grant awarded to C. M. Reid.
: This record linkage study, undertaken as part of this evaluation at The Alfred Hospital, was approved on 24 March 2015 by The Alfred Hospital’s Ethics Committee in the category of a ‘low risk review’ (Project number 142/15).
: All authors (TVA, ZA, MH, FR, SJD, BP, CHY, JS, BB, BPY, ALB, LT, and CMR) declare no competing interests and take responsibility for all aspects of the data presented (including reliability and freedom from bias) and their discussed interpretation. The authors report no relationships that could be construed as a conflict of interest.
: The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are not publicly available as they contain sensitive patient and hospital-specific information. They may be available in the de-identified form from the corresponding author on reasonable request.