Angermann, Christiane E.
Assmus, Birgit
Anker, Stefan D.
Brachmann, Johannes
Ertl, Georg
Köhler, Friedrich
Rosenkranz, Stephan
Tschöpe, Carsten
Adamson, Philip B.
Böhm, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
St. Jude Medical
Article History
Received: 14 March 2018
Accepted: 14 May 2018
First Online: 19 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Christiane E Angermann, Stefan D. Anker, Birgit Assmus, Johannes Brachmann, Georg Ertl, Friedrich Köhler, Stephan Rosenkranz, Carsten Tschöpe, and Michael Böhm serve at the steering committee of the MEMS-HF study. Dr Adamson is an employees and shareholder of Abbott. CEA is also a member of steering committees for trials sponsored by Novartis, ResMed, Vifor, and the CTSU Oxford and reports honoraria for consultancy and speaker fees from Abbott, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Medtronic, Novartis, ResMed, Servier, and Vifor; SDA reports honoraria for consultancy and speakers fees from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, St. Jude Medical, Novartis, Servier, and Vifor; BA reports honoraria for consultancy and an unrestricted research grant from St Jude Medical, and speaker fees from Novartis, St Jude Medical and Vifor. MB reports honoraria for consultancy and speakers fees from Abbott, Astra-Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Cytogenetics, Medtronic, Servier, and Vifor. JB reports honoraria for consultancy and speakers fees and scientific support by Abbott, Medtronic and Biotronik; GE reports honoraria for consultancy and speakers fees from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, St. Jude Medical, Novartis, Servier, and Vifor; FK reports research funding by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the European Commission, and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; SR reports honoraria for consultancy, speaker fees, and scientific support by Abbott; SR has received remunerations for lectures and/or consultancy from Actelion, Bayer, BMS, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Vifor, and United Therapeutics, and his institution has received research grants from Actelion, Bayer, Novartis, and United Therapeutics; CT reports honoraria for consultancy and speakers fees from Abbott, and Novartis.