Najjar, Emil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8066-2423
Hallberg Kristensen, Ann
Thorvaldsen, Tonje
Hubbert, Laila
Svenarud, Peter
Dalén, Magnus
Månsson Broberg, Agneta
Lund, Lars H.
Article History
Received: 19 February 2018
Accepted: 1 June 2018
First Online: 19 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the regional ethical review board (Dnr2016/2576–32). There was no need to have informed consent since the study was a retrospective analysis of available data from patients with LVADs.
: LHL: No disclosures directly related to the present work. Unrelated disclosures are: Research grants from Astra Zeneca, Boston Scientific; consulting or speaker’s honoraria from Novartis, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, St Jude, Medtronic, HeartWare, Vifor Pharma.LH: No disclosures directly related to the present work. Unrelated disclosures are: speaker’s honoraria from MSD and Novartis.Other authors none.
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