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Tonelli, Marcello https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-3187
Lloyd, Anita M.
Bello, Aminu K.
James, Matthew T.
Klarenbach, Scott W.
McAlister, Finlay A.
Manns, Braden J.
Tsuyuki, Ross T.
Hemmelgarn, Brenda R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Operating grant - IHS 120272)
Article History
Received: 16 March 2018
Accepted: 6 March 2019
First Online: 25 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The institutional review boards at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta approved the study (REB14–0884, Pro00053469) with a waiver of consent granted.
: Not applicable.
: MT holds research funding from Merck, Canada (funds to institution). M.J. receives salary support from a CIHR New Investigator Award and holds an investigator-initiated research grant funded by Amgen, Canada. R.T. has the following disclosures: (Investigator-Initiated Research Grant: Merck; Speaking fees: Merck, Sandoz (Japan); President, SMHEART CONSULTING, INC.; Board of Directors, Hypertension Canada). The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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