Riquelme, Francisco
Muñoz, César
Ausania, Fabio
Hessheimer, Amelia J.
Torres, Ferrán
Calatayud, David
Sandomenico, Raffaele
García Pérez, Rocío
Ferrer, Joana
Fuster, José
García-Valdecasas, Juan Carlos
Fondevila, Constantino http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-6824
Article History
Received: 19 May 2020
Accepted: 21 July 2020
First Online: 30 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: F. Riquelme, C. Muñoz, F. Ausania, F. Torres, D. Calatayud, R. Sandomenico, R. García Péres, J. Ferrer, J. Fuster, and J.C. García-Valdecasas have no conflicts of interest to disclose. A.J. Hessheimer and C. Fondevila are Principal Investigators on a Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria Grant (PI1800894) from the Spanish Ministry of Health.
: This is stated in Methods (part on "Study Design"): Approval for the study was obtained from our Institution’s Committee on Ethics in Medical Research prior to initiating data analysis (study number HCB/2018/1179), which waived the need for written consent.
: Given the nature of the study, informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.