Meyre, Pascal B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-1386
Sticherling, Christian
Spies, Florian
Aeschbacher, Stefanie
Blum, Steffen
Voellmin, Gian
Madaffari, Antonio
Conen, David
Osswald, Stefan
Kühne, Michael
Knecht, Sven
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (PP00P3_159322)
Foundation for Cardiovascular Research Basel
Article History
Received: 7 May 2020
Accepted: 22 September 2020
First Online: 29 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: <i>Christian Sticherling</i> has received speaker honoraria from Biosense Webster and Medtronic and research grants from Biosense Webster, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Medtronic. <i>David Conen</i> has received consultant/speaker fees from Servier, Canada. <i>Michael Kühne</i> has received grants from Bayer, Pfizer-BMS, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Swiss Heart Foundation; and lecture or consulting fees from Daiichi-Sankyo, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Pfizer-BMS, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Novartis, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical, Biotronik, Sorin, Zoll, Biosense Webster, and Abbott. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.