Fastner, Christian
Brachmann, Johannes
Lewalter, Thorsten
Zeymer, Uwe
Sievert, Horst
Borggrefe, Martin
Nienaber, Christoph A.
Weiß, Christian
Pleger, Sven T.
Ince, Hüseyin
Maier, Jens
Achenbach, Stephan
Sigusch, Holger H.
Hochadel, Matthias
Schneider, Steffen
Senges, Jochen
Akin, Ibrahim
Funding for this research was provided by:
Stiftung Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen
Article History
Received: 12 January 2020
Accepted: 23 March 2020
First Online: 15 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Johannes Brachmann reports grants and personal fees from Biotronik (Berlin, Germany), Medtronic (Dublin, Ireland), Pfizer (New York City, NY, USA), and St. Jude Medical (Saint Paul, MN, USA). Horst Sievert reports study honoraria to institution, reimbursement of travel expenses, and consulting fees (personal honoraria had not been paid) from Abbott (Chicago, IL, USA), Boston Scientific (Marlborough, MA, USA), Lifetech (Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China), and Occlutech (Jena, Germany). Matthias Hochadel, Steffen Schneider, and Jochen Senges report unrestricted grants from Boston Scientific (Marlborough, MA, USA) for performing statistical analyses. Christian Fastner, Thorsten Lewalter, Uwe Zeymer, Martin Borggrefe, Christoph A. Nienaber, Christian Weiß, Sven T. Pleger, Hüseyin Ince, Jens Maier, Stephan Achenbach, Holger H. Sigusch, and Ibrahim Akin do not report any relevant conflicts of interest.