Abraham, William T.
Stough, Wendy G.
PiƱa, Ileana L.
Linde, Cecilia
Borer, Jeffrey S.
De Ferrari, Gaetano M.
Mehran, Roxana
Stein, Kenneth M.
Vincent, Alphons
Yadav, Jay S.
Anker, Stefan D.
Zannad, Faiez
Article History
First Online: 12 August 2014
Competing interests
: W.T.A. has acted as an advisor or consultant for Abbott Vascular, Biotronik, Cardiokinetix, CardioMEMS, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Respicardia, and Sunshine Heart. W.G.S. has acted as a consultant for Medtronic and has received financial travel support from INSERM. I.L.P. has acted as a consultant for and received salary support from the FDA. C.L. has acted as a consultant for and received speaker's fees and grants from Cardiomems, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, and Respicardia. J.S.B. has acted as a consultant, committee member, advisory board member, and speaker for ARMGO, Biotronik, Cardiorentis, Cardioxyl, Celladon, JenaValve, Novartis, Pfizer, and Servier. G.M.D.F. has acted as a committee member, advisory board member, and speaker for Amgen, Boston Scientific, and Merck. R.M. has received research grants, and has acted as a consultant and advisory board member for Abbott Vascular, AstraZeneca, Boston Scientific, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Covidien, CSL Behring, Lilly/Daiichi Sankyo, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Maya Medical, Merck, Regado Biosciences, Sanofi-Aventis, and The Medicines Company. K.S. is a shareholder in Boston Scientific. A.V. is a shareholder in Medtronic. J.S.Y. is a shareholder in CardioMEMS. S.D.A. has acted as a consultant, committee member, and advisory board member for BioVentrix, Bosch GmbH, CardioMems, Impulse Dynamics, Lonestar, and Medical Sensible. F.Z. has acted as committee member, founder, consultant, or advisory board member at Bayer, Boston Scientific, CardioMEMS, CardioRenal Diagnostics, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Resmed, Servier, St. Jude Medical, and Takeda.