Gualandro, Danielle M.
Puelacher, Christian
Lurati Buse, Giovanna
Glarner, Noemi
Cardozo, Francisco A.
Vogt, Ronja
Hidvegi, Reka
Strunz, Celia
Bolliger, Daniel
Gueckel, Johanna
Yu, Pai C.
Liffert, Marcel
Arslani, Ketina
Prepoudis, Alexandra
Calderaro, Daniela
Hammerer-Lercher, Angelika
Lampart, Andreas
Steiner, Luzius A.
Schären, Stefan
Kindler, Christoph
Guerke, Lorenz
Osswald, Stefan
Devereaux, P. J.
Caramelli, Bruno
Mueller, Christian
Marbot, Stella
Strebel, Ivo
Genini, Alessandro
Rentsch, Katharina
Boeddinghaus, Jasper
Nestelberger, Thomas
Wild, Karin
Zimmermann, Tobias
Duarte, Alberto J. S.
Buser, Andreas
de Luccia, Nelson
Koechlin, Luca
Wussler, Desiree
Walter, Joan
Widmer, Velina
Freese, Michael
Lopez-Ayala, Pedro
Twerenbold, Raphael
Badertscher, Patrick
Seeberger, Esther
Wolff, Thomas
Mujagic, Edin
Mehrkens, Arne
Dinort, Julia
Fahrni, Gregor
Jeger, Raban
Kaiser, Christoph
Matheus, Mariana
Pastana, Adriana F.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Schweizerische Herzstiftung
Universität Basel
Article History
Received: 5 November 2020
Accepted: 21 February 2021
First Online: 25 March 2021
Declarations
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: Dr. Gualandro reports grants from FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a pesquisa do estado de Sao Paulo; Brasil); during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Roche; outside the submitted work; Dr. Puelacher reports grants from PhD Educational Platform for Health Sciences; grants from Roche Diagnostics; grants from University Hospital Basel; during the conduct of the study; other from Roche; outside the submitted work; Dr. Lurati Buse reports grants from University of Basel; during the conduct of the study; other from Roche Diagnostic; outside the submitted work; Dr. Cardozo reports personal fees from Bayer; outside the submitted work; Dr. Arslani reports grants from Swiss Academy of Medical Siences and the Bangerter Foundation; outside the submitted work; Dr. Calderaro reports personal fees from Bayer; personal fees from Janssen; personal fees from Daiichi Sankyo; from null; outside the submitted work; Dr. Hammerer-Lercher reports other from Roche Diagnostics; other from Abbott Diagnostics; other from Beckman Diagnostics; outside the submitted work; Dr. Kindler reports grants from Research Fund Kantonsspital Aarau; during the conduct of the study; Dr. Osswald reports grants from SNSF for Swiss-AF cohort study; outside the submitted work; Dr. Devereaux is a member of a research group with a policy of not accepting honorariums or other payments from industry for their own personal financial gain. They do accept honorariums/payments from industry to support research endeavours and costs to participate in meetings. Based on study questions he has originated and grants he has written; he has received grants from Abbott Diagnostics; AstraZeneca; Bayer; Boehringer Ingelheim; Bristol-Myers-Squibb; Coviden; Octapharma; Philips Healthcare; Roche Diagnostics and Stryker. Dr. Mueller has received research support/grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Heart Foundation, the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Basel, the University Hospital Basel, the University of Basel, Abbott, Beckman Coulter, BRAHMS, Ortho Clinical, Quidel, Roche, Siemens, and Sphingotec, as well as speaker/consulting honoraria from Acon, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Osler, Novartis, Roche, and Sanofi. All other authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
: The local ethics committees approved the protocol (NCT02573532/CAPPESQ 610608), and all patients provided written consent.