Emerek, Kasper http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5194-2044
Friedman, Daniel J.
Sørensen, Peter L.
Hansen, Steen M.
Larsen, Jacob M.
Risum, Niels
Thøgersen, Anna Margrethe
Graff, Claus
Atwater, Brett D.
Kisslo, Joseph
Søgaard, Peter
Funding for this research was provided by:
Augustinus Fonden
Gerda & Hans Hansen's Fond
SEB Pension
Danish Cardiologisk Selskab
National Institutes of Health (T32 HL069749)
Article History
Received: 19 March 2019
Accepted: 16 May 2019
First Online: 21 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved and the need for consent was retrospectively waived by the Duke University Institutional Review Board.
: Not applicable.
: DJF has received educational grants from Boston Scientific, Abott, and Medtronic; research grants from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry and Biosense Webster; and is supported by the Joseph C. Greenfield, Jr., M.D. Scholar in Cardiology Award. SMH has received research grants from the Danish Heart Foundation, the Laerdal Foundation and TrygFonden; and speaker’s honoraria from AstraZeneca. BDA has received research grants from Boston Scientific and Abbott, consultation fees from Abbott, Medtronic, Biotronik, and Boston Scientific; and is a member of the Speakers Bureau for Medtronic. JK has received speaker’s honoraria from Phillips Medical and GE Healthcare. PS has received speaker’s honoraria from GE Healthcare; is an advisory board member for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, and Biotronik; and has received research grants from Wics, Bayer, and GE Healthcare. The remaining authors have no competing interests.
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