Ashauer, Jannik Ole
Bonaros, Nikolaos
Kofler, Markus
Schymik, Gerhard
Butter, Christian
Romano, Mauro
Bapat, Vinayak
Strauch, Justus
Schröfel, Holger
Busjahn, Andreas
Deutsch, Cornelia
Bramlage, Peter http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-6866
Kurucova, Jana
Thoenes, Martin
Baldus, Stephan
Rudolph, Tanja K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Edwards Lifesciences (n.a.)
Article History
Received: 3 May 2019
Accepted: 5 July 2019
First Online: 19 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All three studies included in the meta-analysis were multicenter, prospective, observational registry studies conducted under the guidance of the <i>Institute for Pharmacology and Preventive Medicine</i> (Cloppenburg, Germany). Full details of the design and methodology for each study have been reported previously [CitationRef removed–CitationRef removed]. Ethical approval for each study and written patient informed consent was obtained.
: Not applicable.
: NB, MR, VB, JS, HS, CS, GS, SB and TR have received consultancy fees from different companies producing heart valves. JK and MT are employees of Edwards Lifesciences. PB is the representative of the Institute for Pharmacology and Preventive Medicine, Cloppenburg (IPPMed), Germany. AB is a consultant for IPPMed. CD, JOA, and MK declare no conflicts of interest.