Engelbertz, Christiane http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2685-5117
Pinnschmidt, Hans O.
Freisinger, Eva
Reinecke, Holger
Schmitz, Boris
Fobker, Manfred
Schmieder, Roland E.
Wegscheider, Karl
Breithardt, Günter
Pavenstädt, Hermann
Brand, Eva
Funding for this research was provided by:
KfH Foundation for Preventive Medicine
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GI0701)
Amgen GmbH, Munich, Germany
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH &Co. KG
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
AstraZeneca GmbH
Universitätsklinikum Münster
Article History
Received: 1 February 2021
Accepted: 21 April 2021
First Online: 26 May 2021
Declarations
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: CE has received travel support from Bayer Vital outside the submitted work. EF reports grants from Bayer outside the submitted work. HR reports personal fees from Daiichi-Sankyo, DiaPlan, MedUpdate, NeoVasc, NovoNordisk, Pfizer, and Pluristem, all outside the submitted work. He has received research grants from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Bard, Biotronik, BMS/Pfizer, and Pluristem, all outside the submitted work, KW has received consulting fees/honoraria from Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Novartis. GB has no direct interest to declare with regard to this specific topic. However, during the course of this register, he had received funds from Sanofi-Aventis as chairman of the German Atrial Fibrillation Network and in his position as Co-PI for running a clinical trial, and he had been on the advisory board of Boehringer-Ingelheim for a topic not related to this registry. EB declares no conflict of interest. She has received research grants from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). EB was supported by a Heisenberg Professorship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Br1589/8–2). All other authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and under the auspices of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) (ExternalRef removed) and the German Society of Nephrology (DGfN) (ExternalRef removed). The registry protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Landesaerztekammer Westfalen-Lippe and the Medical Faculty of the University of Muenster (date August 16, 2007; No 2007–315-f-S).
: All patients gave written informed consent prior to their inclusion.
: The data that support the finding of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Not applicable.