Awad, Khaled
Weiss, Raul
Yunus, Asim
Bittrick, Jon M.
Nekkanti, Rajasekhar
Houmsse, Mahmoud
Okabe, Toshimasa
Adamson, Teagan
Miller, Crystal
Alawwa, Abdul K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Biotronik (N/A)
Article History
Received: 11 November 2019
Accepted: 17 March 2020
First Online: 15 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the institutional review board at each participating site (Western IRB, The University of Kansas Medical Center Human Research Protection Program IRB, and East Carolina University and Medical Center IRB). Participants provided written informed consent to participate in the study prior to initiation of study activities.
: Not applicable. Only aggregate data is presented in the manuscript.
: KA: Consultant honoraria from BIOTRONIK, Inc.; Research support from BioSense Webster. RW: Research support from Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Abbott, BIOTRONIK, Inc., and Biosense Webster; Consultant honoraria from Boston Scientific, BIOTRONIK, Inc., Biosense Webster, and Merit Medical; Advisory board for Boston Scientific and Biosense Webster. AY: Consulting honoraria from BIOTRONIK, Inc.. JMB, RN, MH, and TO: No conflicts of interest to declare. TA and CM: Employed by BIOTRONIK, Inc.. AKA: Consultant honoraria from St. Jude Medical/Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic; Research support from St. Jude Medical/Abbott, Boston Scientific, and BIOTRONIK, Inc.; Speaking fees from Boston Scientific.