Spertus, John A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2839-2611
Birmingham, Mary C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5803-8410
Nassif, Michael
Damaraju, C. V. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4925-4987
Abbate, Antonio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1930-785X
Butler, Javed
Lanfear, David E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6471-1483
Lingvay, Ildiko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7006-7401
Kosiborod, Mikhail N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3750-9789
Januzzi, James L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-1798
Article History
Received: 6 September 2021
Accepted: 13 January 2022
First Online: 28 February 2022
Competing interests
: J.A.S. is the principal investigator of grants from the National Institutes of Health, Abbott Vascular and the American College of Cardiology Foundation; is a consultant to Janssen, Novartis, Amgen, Myokardia/Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Bayer and Merck; serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of United Healthcare and the Board of Directors for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City; and owns the copyright to the KCCQ, SAQ and PAQ. M.C.B. is an employee of Janssen Scientific Affairs. M.N. is a consultant to Amgen, Roche and Vifor Pharma. C.V.D. is an employee of Janssen Research & Development. A.A. has received research grant support from Janssen, Kiniksa, Novartis, Olatec, R-Pharm, Serpin Pharma and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum; has served as a consultant to Applied Clinical Intel, Cromos Pharma, Implicit Biosciences, Janssen, Kiniksa, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Olatec, Serpin Pharma and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum. J.B. is a consultant to Abbott, Adrenomed, Arena Pharma, Array, Amgen, Applied Therapeutics, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, BerlinCures, Boehringer Ingelheim, Corvia, Cardior, CVRx, Eli Lilly, FIRE1, Foundry, G3 Pharma, Imbria, Impulse Dynamics, Innolife, Janssen, LivaNova, Luitpold, Medtronic, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Relypsa, Roche, SC Pharma, Sanofi, Sequana Medical, V-Wave Limited and Vifor Pharma. D.E.L. has received research grants from NHLBI, Amgen, Bayer, Critical Diagnostics, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Janssen; has participated in collaborative research with Somalogic; is a consultant for Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, Janssen, Ortho Diagnostics, Cytokinetics, Illumina, Vicardia and DCRI (Novartis). I.L. has received research funding, advisory/consulting fees and/or other support from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Intercept, Intarcia, TARGETPharma, Merck, Pfizer, Novartis, GI Dynamics, Mylan, Mannkind, Valeritas, Zealand Pharma and Bayer. M.N.K. has received research grants from AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim; is a consultant or advisory board member for Amgen, Applied Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Esperion Therapeutics, Janssen, Merck (Diabetes and Cardiovascular), Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Vifor Pharma; and has received honoraria from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and Novo Nordisk. J.L.J. is supported by the Hutter Family Professorship; is a Trustee of the American College of Cardiology; has received grant support from Applied Therapeutics and Novartis; has received consulting income from Abbott, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Merck and Roche Diagnostics; and participates in clinical endpoint committees/data safety monitoring boards for Abbott, AbbVie, Amgen, Bayer, CVRx, Janssen and Takeda.