About the Authors
- Anna Franzone
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Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Franzone, Serge Zaugg
Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Serge Zaugg
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Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Franzone, Serge Zaugg
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology
Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Raffaele Piccolo
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Roles Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Maria Grazia Modena
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology
Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Policlinico Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Ghada W. Mikhail
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation
Affiliation Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Josepa Mauri Ferré
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation
Affiliation Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Invasive Cardiology Unit, Badalona, Spain
- Ruth Strasser
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Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation
Affiliation University of Dresden, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Centre, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
- Liliana Grinfeld
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† Deceased.
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation
Affiliation Hospital Italiano, Invasive Cardiology Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dik Heg
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision
Affiliations Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Peter Jüni
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: peter.juni@utoronto.ca
Affiliation Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Stephan Windecker
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Marie-Claude Morice
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation
Affiliation Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Paris, France
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Windecker has received research grants to the institution from Abbott, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Biosensors, Medtronic, Edwards, and St Jude. J. Mauri has received research grants from Abbott Vascular. Peter Jüni has received research grants to the institution from Astra Zeneca, Biotronik, Biosensors International, Eli Lilly and The Medicines Company, and serves as unpaid member of the steering group of trials funded by Astra Zeneca, Biotronik, Biosensors, St. Jude Medical and The Medicines Company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.