Authors and Disclosures
Usman Khalid1*, Ole Ahlehoff1,2, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason1,3,4, Lone Skov4,5, Christian Torp-Pedersen4,6 and Peter Riis Hansen1,4
1Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Post 635, Niels Andersens Vej 65, Hellerup DK-2900, Denmark; 2Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3National Institute of Public Health, University of Southren Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; 4Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DK-2200, Denmark; 5Department of Dermatology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup DK-2900, Denmark; and 6Science and Technology, Institute of Health, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
*Corresponding author
Tel: +45 27830081, Fax: +45 70201281, Email: usman.khalid@regionh.dk
†Presentation at Scientific session: The abstract of the present study has orally been presented as a moderated poster at ESC Congress 2014 (Barcelona); however, the data have never been published anywhere.
Authors contributions'
Conceived and designed the experiments: U.K., O.A., G.H.G., L.S., C.T.-P., and P.R.H. Analyzed the data: U.K., O.A., G.H.G., and P.R.H. Wrote the manuscript: U.K., O.A., and P.R.H. Revision of manuscript for critical contents: U.K., O.A., G.H.G., L.S., C.T.-P., and P.R.H. All authors approved the final manuscript.
Funding
The study was financially supported by unrestricted grants from the LEO Foundation. G.H.G. is supported by an unrestricted clinical research scholarship from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The sponsors had no influence on data collection, no access to the data, and no influence on the decision to submit.
Conflict of interest
L.S. has received honoraria as consultant and/or speaker for Abbott, Janssen-Cilag, MSD, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, and LEO Pharma. O.A. has received honoraria as speaker for Abbott, Pfizer, and Janssen-Cilag. P.R.H. has received honoraria as speaker for Abvie and MSD. G.H.G. has received research grants from Bayer, Pfizer, AstraZeneca boehringer-Ingelheim, and Bristol Meyer Squibb (BMS) and speaker honoraria from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and BMS.
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