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Article History

Received: 31 August 2020

Accepted: 20 January 2021

First Online: 5 February 2021

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by all local ethics committees and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient or next of kin if the patients were unable to give the consent on admission.

: Not applicable.

: VPH: advisory board fees from Roche Diagnostics, research grant from Abbott, speaker fees from Orion. KP: advisory board fees from Roche Diagnostics. JSC has consulted and received speaker fees, or advisory boards’ participation fees, or investigational grants for Abbott, Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Bial, Boehringer Ingelheim, Menarini, Merck Serono, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Orion, Pfizer, Sanofi, Servier and Vifor. AM: lecture fees from Novartis, Orion, and Abbott, research grants from Roche, consultant fees from Servier and Sanofi and fees as a member of the advisory board and/or steering committee from Cardiorentis, Adrenomed, Sphingotec, Sanofi, Roche, Abbott, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. JL: Speakers bureau and consultancy fees: Astra-Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Novartis, Orion, Pfizer, Roche Diagnostics, and ViforPharma. All other authors report that they have no relationships with industry to disclose.