Goettler, D.
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Wagner, M.
Faller, H.
Kotseva, K.
Wood, D.
Leyh, R.
Ertl, G.
Karmann, W.
Heuschmann, P. U.
Störk, S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Society of Cardiology
German Ministry of Education and Research
Graduate School of Life Sciences of the University of Würzburg
Article History
Received: 6 February 2020
Accepted: 12 March 2020
First Online: 30 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study conforms with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg approved the study (EK Votum 58/12). Written informed consent was obtained from each participant. Recruitment strategy, data acquisition, and data storage was authorized by the data protection officer at the University of Würzburg.
: Not applicable.
: PUH reports grants from German Ministry of Research and Education, European Union, German Research Foundation, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Chamber of Physicians, German Parkinson Society, University Hospital Würzburg, Robert-Koch-Institute, German Heart Foundation, Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) within the Innovationfond, University Hospital Heidelberg (within RASUNOA-prime; supported by an unrestricted research grant to the University Hospital Heidelberg from Bayer, BMS, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo), Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin (within Mondafis; supported by an unrestricted research grant to the Charité from Bayer), University Göttingen (within FIND-AF randomized; supported by an unrestricted research grant to the University Göttingen from Boehringer-Ingelheim), outside the submitted work. HF reports grants from German Ministry of Research and Education, German Ministry of Health, Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Public Health, German Research Foundation, Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) within the Innovationsfond, German Statutory Pension Insurance, German Statutory Accident Insurance, Network of Rehabilitation Research in Bavaria, German Cancer Aid, outside the submitted work. KK and DW had grant support from the European Society of Cardiology. KK received travel grants from Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim, and DW reports honoraria for invited lectures or advisory boards: AstraZeneca, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Kowa Pharmaceuticals, Menarini, and Zentiva; and consultancy: Merck Sharp and Dohme. GE reports research grants from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Lundbeck non-financial support, Bayer grants, and Novartis grants and personal fees. RL received speaker honoraria from Edwards Lifesciences and Stryker. StS reports research grants from the German Ministry of Education and Research, European Union, and University Hospital Würzburg; participation in Data Safety Monitoring and Event Adjudication Boards in trials sponsored by Roche and Medtronic; principal investigator in trials sponsored by Bayer, Boehringer, Novartis; speaker honoraria by and advisory board activities for AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer, Novartis, Servier, and Pfizer. DG included elements of this publication in his doctoral thesis. MW and WK have nothing to disclose.