Malavasi, Vincenzo Livio
Fantecchi, Elisa
Tordoni, Virginia
Melara, Laura
Barbieri, Andrea
Vitolo, Marco
Lip, Gregory Y. H.
Boriani, Giuseppe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9820-4815
Article History
Received: 22 August 2020
Accepted: 22 October 2020
First Online: 7 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: GB has received speaker’s fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston, Biotronik, Medtronic. GYHL has served as a consultant for Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals/Janssen, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer, Biotronik, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma, Medtronic, and Microlife; and as a speaker for Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma, Medtronic, Microlife, and Roche; no fees were received personally. The other authors report no conflicts to disclose.
: This prospective single-centre observational study was approved by the Local Ethical Committee for Medical Research in compliance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national regulations. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: All patients gave written informed consent for participation