Hansen, Claudius
Loges, Christian
Seidl, Karlheinz
Eberhardt, Frank
Tröster, Herbert
Petrov, Krum
Grönefeld, Gerian
Bramlage, Peter http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-6866
Birkenhauer, Frank
Weiss, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Abbott
Article History
Received: 1 December 2017
Accepted: 13 June 2018
First Online: 28 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol was approved by the relevant ethics committees and the study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki 1964 and its amendments. All patients provided written informed consent.Ethic Committee of the Medical Facultry, University of Göttingen: Göttingen, Lüneburg.Ethic Committee International Freiburg: Bad Friedrichshall, Cologne, Stuttgart, Sindelfingen, Potsdam, Ludwigsburg, Bielefeld, Essen, Nürtingen.Ethic Committee of the Bavarian Medical Association: Ingolstadt.Ethic Committee of the Hamburg Medical Association: Hamburg.Ethic Committee of the Schleswig Holstein Medical Association: Bad Segeberg, Bad Oldesloe.Ethic Committee of the Rhineland Palatinate Medical Association: Neuwied.
: Not applicable.
: Peter Bramlage has received honoraria relevant to this topic. Frank Birkenhauer is an employee of Abbott. The other authors have no competing interest to declare.
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