Conflict of interest
NEUMANN, EDWARDS
Franz-Josef Neumann received institutional research grants, consultancy fees and speaker honoraria from Daiichi-Sankyo, AstraZeneca, Sanofi-Aventis, Bayer, The Medicines Company, Bristol, Novartis, Roche, Boston Scientific, Biotronik, Medtronic and Edwards. Willibald Hochholzer received lecture fees from Bayer Vital, Boehringer Personal, Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca; and consulting fees from Daiichi Sankyo, Ferrer, and The Medicines Company. Kambis Mashayekhi received consultancy fees and speaker honoraria from Abbott, Abiomed, Asahi Intecc, AstraZeneca, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Cardinal Health, Daiichi Sankyo, Shockwave, Teleflex, and Terumo. All other authors declare no conflicts of interest.