Kitamura, Mitsunobu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-7176
Kaneko, Hidehiro
Schlüter, Michael
Schewel, Dimitry
Schmidt, Tobias
Alessandrini, Hannes
Kreidel, Felix
Neuss, Michael
Butter, Christian
Kuck, Karl-Heinz
Frerker, Christian
Article History
Received: 25 June 2018
Accepted: 6 August 2018
First Online: 10 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Kuck has received research funding from Abbott Vascular. Dr. Frerker, Dr. Butter, and Dr. Neuss have received lecture honoraria and travel grants from Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park (Illinois, USA). All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
: All patients provided written informed consent and the study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.