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Sanders, Prashanthan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-8429
Piorkowski, Christopher
Kragten, Johannes A.
Goode, Grahame K.
Raj, Satish R.
Dinh, Trang
Sohail, M. Rizwan
Anand, Rishi
Moya-Mitjans, Angel
Franco, Noreli
Stromberg, Kurt
Rogers, John D.
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Article History
Received: 19 August 2018
Accepted: 17 May 2019
First Online: 31 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and all local laws and regulations. Each site’s Ethics Committee approved the study, and all patients provided written informed consent prior to participating in the study. The participating Ethics Committees included: Technical University of Dresden, University of Jena, and North Rhine Medical Association (Germany); Milan Area B and Sezione Area Centro Regional Ethics Committee (Italy); Maastricht University Medical Center and Atrim-Orbis-Zuid (The Netherlands); Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (Spain); University of Lund Regional Ethics Committee (Sweden); North West - Preston (UK); Montreal Heart Institute, University of Calgary Conjoint Health, and Western University Health Science (Canada); Royale Adelaide Hospital (Australia).
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: Dr. Sanders is supported by a Practitioner Fellowship from NHMRC and the National Heart Foundation of Australia; has received research funding from St. Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, Biotronik and Sorin; and has served on advisory boards and received lecture/consulting fees for Biosense-Webster, St. Jude Medical, Boston Scientific and CathRx (advisory board only). Drs. Rogers, Sanders, Piorkowski, Sohail, and Anand are consultants for and receive honoraria and research funding from Medtronic. Dr. Sohail reports previous research funding from TYRX and Medtronic Inc., and honoraria from Spectranetics, Medtronic Inc., and Boston Scientific. Dr. Piorkowski has received honoraria from St Jude Medical, Biotronik, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Biosense Webster; is a member of advisory boards for St Jude Medical, Siemens, and Biosense Webster; and has received research support from St Jude Medical, Biotronik, Imricor, and Philips. Dr. Raj is a consultant for GE Healthcare, Lundbeck LLP, Allergan Inc., Abbott Labs, and Boston Scientific Corporation. Noreli Franco and Kurt Stromberg are employed by, and stock owners of, Medtronic.
