,
Vernooij, Robin W. M.
Law, Way
Peters, Sanne A. E.
Canaud, Bernard
Davenport, Andrew
Grooteman, Muriel P. C.
Kircelli, Fatih
Locatelli, Francesco
Maduell, Francisco
Morena, Marion
Nubé, Menso J.
Ok, Ercan
Torres, Ferran
Woodward, Mark
Blankestijn, Peter J.
Bots, Michiel L.
Article History
Received: 24 November 2020
Accepted: 29 January 2021
First Online: 25 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients provided necessary informed consent to participate in the present study and ethical approval was obtained in the individual studies. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The CONTRAST was approved by both a central medical ethics review board and local ethics committees of the participating hospitals. The local ethics committee of Ege University Izmir, Turkey, approved the study protocol of the Turkish study. The ESHOL study was approved by the ethics committee of each participating centre. The French study was approved by the Montpellier University Hospital ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: None declared.