Wutzler, Alexander
Krogias, Christos
Grau, Anna
Veltkamp, Roland
Heuschmann, Peter U.
Haeusler, Karl Georg
Article History
Received: 5 January 2018
Accepted: 31 January 2019
First Online: 12 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Data collection was completely anonymous; no individual patient level data were collected as well as no potential personal identifiable data from the clinical leads. Thus, no specific ethics board approval was needed according to local regulations confirmed by the Ethic Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg. We requested no separate statement on consent to participate.
: Permission was obtained to acknowledge those mentioned in the Acknowledgements.
: A. Wutzler reports consulting and speakers´ honoraria, research support, travel grants from Bayer, Berlin Chemie, Pfizer, Daiichi Sankyo, Biotronik, Abott/St. Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, European School of Aviation Medicine. C. Krogias reports consulting and speaker’s honoraria, travel grants from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Bristol-Myers Squibb. A. Grau reports no conflicts of interest. R. Veltkamp reports consulting and speakers´ honoraria, research support, travel grant from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Daiichi Sankyo, Portola, Roche-Diagnostics, St. Jude Medical, ApoplexMedical, Biogen, Medtronic, Sanofi. P. U. Heuschmann reports research grants from German Ministry of Research and Education, European Union, Charité, Berlin Chamber of Physicians, University Hospital Würzburg, Robert Koch Institute, German Parkinson Society, German Heart Foundation, Charité Berlin (MonDAFIS, unrestricted research grant from Bayer), grants from University Göttingen (FIND-AF randomized; unrestricted research grant from Boehringer Ingelheim), grants from University Hospital Heidelberg (RASUNOA-prime; unrestricted research grant from Bayer, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo) outside the submitted work. Related to this study K. G. Haeusler reports study grants by Bayer Healthcare and honoraria from Bayer Healthcare, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Medtronic and Biotronik.
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