Howitt, Samuel H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-9765
Grant, Stuart W.
Caiado, Camila
Carlson, Eric
Kwon, Dowan
Dimarakis, Ioannis
Malagon, Ignacio
McCollum, Charles
Funding for this research was provided by:
British Heart Foundation (PG/16/80/32411)
Article History
Received: 17 January 2018
Accepted: 12 June 2018
First Online: 25 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All data were collected as part of the Vascular Governance North West (VGNW) database and processed according this project’s protocols and ethical approvals (National Research Ethics Service Haydock - 09/H1010/2 + 5). According to the National Research Ethics Committee approvals, verbal consent for participation was obtained. Inclusion of data recorded following verbal consent as well as historical data recorded prior to the date of ethical approval being granted were approved by same National Research Ethics Service committee as all data were recorded as part of routine care and anonymised prior to release to researchers.
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