Conflict of interest
The AGENT Japan trial was sponsored and funded by BSC Japan K.K. Dr. Ando received honoraria from Terumo, Japan Lifeline, Bristol Myers Squibb, Japan Medtronic, Abbott Medical Japan and Biotronik Japan. Dr. Shite received honoraria from Abbott, Terumo and Nipro. Dr. Ken Kozuma received the honoraria and research and scholarship grants from BSC Japan K.K. Dr. Yamaguchi received honoraria from Abbott and endowments from Abbott, BSC Japan K.K, Medtronic and Terumo. Drs. Underwood and Allocco are full-time employees and shareholders in BSC. Drs. M Nakamura, Isawa, S Nakamura, Namiki, Shibata, Shinke, Ito, Fujii, Saito and Yamazaki have no conflicts of interest to disclose.