Alcusky, Matthew
Hume, Anne L.
Fisher, Marc
Tjia, Jennifer
Goldberg, Robert J.
McManus, David D.
Lapane, Kate L.
Article History
First Online: 13 November 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: The University of Massachusetts Medical School Institutional Review Board approved this study. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of research formal consent is not required.
: At the time the study was conducted, Dr Alcusky was funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (TL1TR001454). Dr McManus was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (RO1HL126911, RO1HL135219, RO1HL136660, R15HL121761). Partial support for Dr Goldberg was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1R01HL126911-01A1, 5R01HL125089-02, 5R01HL115295-05).
: Dr. Tjia is a consultant for CVS Health. Dr. Alcusky, Dr. Goldberg, Dr. Fisher, Dr. Lapane, and Dr. Hume have no interests to disclose.