Seoudy, Hatim
Lambers, Moritz
Winkler, Vincent
Dudlik, Linnea
Freitag-Wolf, Sandra
Frank, Johanne
Kuhn, Christian
Rangrez, Ashraf Yusuf
Puehler, Thomas
Lutter, Georg
Bramlage, Peter http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4970-2110
Frey, Norbert
Frank, Derk
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel
Article History
Received: 20 August 2020
Accepted: 5 October 2020
First Online: 24 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Hatim Seoudy, Moritz Lambers, Linnea Dudlik, Vincent Winkler, Sandra-Freitag-Wolf, Johanne Frank, Christian Kuhn, and Ashraf Yusuf Rangrez declare no conflict of interest. Peter Bramlage received research funding and honoraria for his advisory role from Edwards Lifesciences and Abbott. Georg Lutter is a consultant for Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, BostonScientific, and Abbott. Norbert Frey declares no conflict of interest for this study, yet has received speaker honoraria from AstraZeneca, Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Edwards, and Novartis. Derk Frank is consultant for Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic and has received research funding from Edwards Lifesciences.
: The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee at the University of Kiel, Germany. Informed consent was obtained from all participants.