Czarnecki, Andrew http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3000-9722
Austin, Peter C.
Fremes, Stephen E.
Tu, Jack V.
Wijeysundera, Harindra C.
Ko, Dennis T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (148865, FDN-154333)
Article History
Received: 15 June 2018
Accepted: 14 January 2019
First Online: 18 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the institutional review board at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada. Local hospital ethics board approval was obtained at each of the 10 hospitals performing TAVR in Ontario at the time of the study. Based on Ontario’s Privacy Legislation, the need for individual patient consent was waived.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Wijeysundera received research funding from Medtronic Inc. and Edwards Lifesciences. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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