Eikelis, N
Hering, D
Marusic, P
Walton, A S
Lambert, E A
Sata, Y
Krum, H
Lambert, G W
Esler, M D
Schlaich, M P
Article History
Received: 14 April 2016
Revised: 27 June 2016
Accepted: 29 July 2016
First Online: 8 September 2016
Competing interests
: Drs ASW, HK, GWL, MDE and MPS are investigators in studies sponsored by Medtronic. The laboratories of Drs MPS, GWL and MDE currently received research funding from Medtronic. Professor GWL has acted as a consultant for Medtronic and has received honoraria or travel support for presentations from Pfizer, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Servier and Medtronic. Professor MDE serves on scientific advisory boards of Abbott (formerly Solvay) Pharmaceuticals and Medtronic. Professor MPS serves on scientific advisory boards for Abbott (formerly Solvay) Pharmaceuticals, BI, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Medtronic and has received honoraria and travel support from Abbott, BI, Servier, Novartis and Medtronic. The remaining author declares no conflict of interest.