Vlastos, Dimitrios
Chauhan, Ishaansinh
Mensah, Kwabena
Cannoletta, Maria
Asonitis, Athanasios
Elfadil, Ahmed
Petrou, Mario
De Souza, Anthony
Quarto, Cesare
Bhudia, Sunil K.
Rosendahl, Ulrich
Pepper, John
Asimakopoulos, George
Article History
Received: 17 March 2021
Accepted: 7 September 2021
First Online: 14 September 2021
Declarations
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: Our clinical audit (service evaluation study) was approved by the Royal Brompton Hospital audit department: audit project approval ID # 003929; programme # 002490 RBH Adult Hert. According to the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on behalf of the National Health Service no need for consent was by definition deemed necessary, while the pertinent ethical framework was strictly adhered to, including the Caldicott Principle (1997), the Data Protection Act (1998), and the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice (2003).
: Not applicable.
: We declare no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.