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. 2017 Sep 15;50(1):1–55. doi: 10.1007/s10840-017-0277-z

Table 14.

Author disclosure table

Writing group member Institution Consultant/Advisory board/Honoraria Speakers’ bureau Research grant Fellowship support Stock options/Partner Board Mbs/Other
Hugh Calkins, MD (Chair) Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 1: Abbott Laboratories, 1: AtriCure, Inc., 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Pfizer Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Toray Industries Inc., 2: iRhythm, 3: Boehringer Ingelheim, 3: Medtronic, Inc. None 2: Medtronic, Inc., 2: Boston Scientific Corp. None None None
Gerhard Hindricks, MD (Vice-Chair) Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany None None 1: SIEMENS, 3: Biosense Webster, Inc., 3: Stereotaxis, Inc., 4: BIOTRONIK,5: Boston Scientific Corp., 5: St. Jude Medical None None None
Riccardo Cappato, MD (Vice-Chair) Humanitas Research Hospital, Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Research Center, Milan, Italy* None None None None None None
Young-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD (Vice-Chair) Korea University, Seoul, South Korea None 1: St. Jude Medical 2: St. Jude Medical None None None
Eduardo B. Saad, MD, PhD (Vice-Chair) Hospital Pro-Cardiaco and Hospital Samaritano, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil None None None None None None
Luis Aguinaga, MD, PhD Centro Privado de Cardiología, Tucuman, Argentina None None None None None None
Joseph G. Akar, MD, PhD Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 1: Biosense Webster None None None None None
Vinay Badhwar, MD West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV None None None None None None
Josep Brugada, MD, PhD Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain None None None None None None
John Camm, MD St. George's University of London, London, United Kingdom 1: Actelion Pharmaceuticals, 1: Daiichi-Sankyo, 1: Eli Lilly, 1: Gilead Sciences, Inc., 1: Heart Metabolics, 1: InCarda Therapeutics, 1: InfoBionic, 1: Johnson and Johnson, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Milestone, 1: Pfizer, Inc., 2: Boehringer Ingelheim, 2: Boston Scientific Corp., 2: Novartis 3: Bayer HealthCare, LLC 1: Daiichi-Sankyo, 1: Servier, 2: Bayer/Schering Pharma, 2: Boehringer Ingelheim 3: Boehringer Ingelheim, 3: Daiichi-Sankyo, 3: Pfizer, Inc. None None 0: European Heart Rhythm Association, 1: Oxford
Peng-Sheng Chen, MD Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN None None 5: National Institutes of Health None 5: Arrhythmotech None
Shih-Ann Chen, MD National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 1: Bayer/Schering Pharma, 1: Biosense Webster, 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Daiichi-Sankyo, 1: Medtronic Inc., 1: Pfizer Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical 1: St. Jude Medical 2: Biosense Webster, 2: St. Jude Medical None None None
Mina K. Chung, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 0: Amarin, 0: BIOTRONIK, 0: Boston Scientific Corp., 0: Medtronic, Inc., 0: St. Jude Medical, 0: Zoll Medical Corporation 1: American College of Cardiology None None None 1: Up to Date
Jens Cosedis Nielsen, DMSc, PhD Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark None None 5. Novo Nordisk Foundation None None None
Anne B. Curtis, MD University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 1: Daiichi-Sankyo, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Projects in Knowledge, 2: St. Jude Medical None None None None None
D. Wyn Davies, MD Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Rhythmia Medical None None None 3: Rhythmia Medical None
John D. Day, MD Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 3: St. Jude Medical None None None None None
André d’Avila, MD, PhD Hospital SOS Cardio, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil None 0: BIOTRONIK, 0: St. Jude Medical 0: BIOTRONIK, 0: St. Jude Medical None None None
N.M.S. (Natasja) de Groot, MD, PhD Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands None None None None None None
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart & Vascular Care, Bronx, NY 1: Atricure, 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: EpiEP, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Stereotaxis, Inc. None None None None None
Mattias Duytschaever, MD, PhD Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent (Ghent University Hospital), Ghent, Belgium None None None None None None
James R. Edgerton, MD The Heart Hospital, Baylor Plano, Plano, TX 2: AtriCure, Inc. 1: AtriCure, Inc. 2: AtriCure, Inc. None None None
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 1: American Heart Association, 1: Heart Rhythm Society, 2: Boston Scientific Corp. 1: AtriCure, Inc., 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: St. Jude Medical, 2: Boston Scientific Corp., 2: Medtronic, Inc. 2: Biosense Webster, Inc., 2: Daiichi-Sankyo, 2: National Institutes of Health, 4: Boston Scientific Corp., 4: Medtronic, Inc. None None 1: Elsevier, 1: Wiley-Blackwell
Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1: Bayer HealthCare, LLC, 1: Quest Diagnostics None 1: Leducq Foundation, 3: American Heart Association, 3: National Institutes of Health, 5: Bayer HealthCare, LLC None None None
Sabine Ernst, MD, PhD Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom 2: Biosense Webster, Inc. None 4: Spectrum Dynamics None None None
Guilherme Fenelon, MD, PhD Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: St. Jude Medical None None None None None
Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MS, MD University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical None 4: Biosense Webster, Inc., 4: St. Jude Medical 2: Biosense Webster, Inc., 2: BIOTRONIK, 2: Boston Scientific Corp., 2: Medtronic, Inc. 1: Rhythm Diagnostic Systems Inc. None
David E. Haines, MD Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI 1: Lake Region Medical, 1: Terumo Medical Corp None None None None 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical
Michel Haissaguerre, MD Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France None None None None None None
Robert H. Helm, MD Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA None None None None None 1: Boston Scientific Corp.
Elaine Hylek, MD, MPH Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 1: Bayer, 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1: Daiichi-Sankyo, 1: Medtronic, 1: Portola, 1: Pfizer None 2: Janssen Pharmaceuticals None None None
Warren M. Jackman, MD Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 1: ACT, 1: VytronUS, Inc., 2: Biosense Webster, Inc., 2: Boston Scientific Corp., 2: Spectrum Dynamics 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: St. Jude Medical, 2: Biosense Webster, Inc., 2: Boston Scientific Corp. None None None None
Jose Jalife, MD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, the National Center for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III (CNIC) and CIBERCV, Madrid, Spain 1: Topera Medical None 1: Medtronic, Inc. None None None
Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia None 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Medtronic, Inc. 4: Medtronic, Inc. 3: St. Jude Medical, 4: Biosense Webster, Inc., 4: Medtronic, Inc. None 2: Biosense Webster, Inc., 4: Boston Scientific Corp.
Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic 1: Bayer/Schering Pharma, 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Daiichi-Sankyo, 1: Sorin Group, 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 2: Medtronic, Inc. 1: BIOTRONIK1: Medtronic, Inc.1: St. Jude Medical None None None None
Hans Kottkamp, MD Hirslanden Hospital, Dept. of Electrophysiology, Zurich, Switzerland 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Kardium None None None 1: Kardium None
Karl Heinz Kuck, MD, PhD Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Stereotaxis, Inc. None 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Stereotaxis, Inc. None 1: Endosense None
Koichiro Kumagai, MD, PhD Heart Rhythm Center, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan None None None None None None
Richard Lee, MD, MBA Saint Louis University Medical School, St. Louis, MO None None None None None None
Thorsten Lewalter, MD, PhD Dept. of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Hospital Munich-Thalkirchen, Munich, Germany 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical 1: Abbott Vascular, 1: BIOTRONIK, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical None None None None
Bruce D. Lindsay, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 0: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Abbott Vascular, 1: Biosense Webster, Inc. None None 3: Boston Scientific Corp., 3: Medtronic, Inc., 3: St. Jude Medical None None
Laurent Macle, MD Montreal Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada 1: Bayer HealthCare, LLC, 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Pfizer, Inc., 1: Servier, 1: St. Jude Medical None 4: Biosense Webster, Inc., 5: St. Jude Medical None None None
Moussa Mansour, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical None 4: Biosense Webster, Inc., 4: St. Jude Medical,5: Pfizer,5: Boehringer Ingelheim None 4: NewPace Ltd. None
Francis E. Marchlinski, MD Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 1: Abbot Medical; 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 2: BIOTRONIK, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: St. Jude Medical None 3: Medtronic, Inc., 4: Biosense Webster, Inc. 1: BIOTRONIK, 3: Boston Scientific Corp., 3: Medtronic, Inc., 4: Biosense Webster, Inc., 5: St. Jude Medical None None
Gregory F. Michaud, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical None 4: Biosense Webster, Inc., 4: Boston Scientific Corp. None None None
Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 2: Biosense Webster, Inc 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 2: Stereotaxis, Inc., 3: Japan Lifeline, 3: Fukuda Denshi 1: Medtronic, Inc, 2: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Spectrum Dynamics 4: Biosense Webster, Inc.,2: Japan Lifeline,2: Affera None None None
Andrea Natale, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical, 2: Biosense Webster, Inc. None None None None None
Stanley Nattel, MD Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany 1: Merck Pharmaceuticals, 1: Xention Discovery None 3: OMEICOS Therapeutics None None 0: Montreal Heart Institute/Inventor Patents
Ken Okumura, MD, PhD Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 2: Bayer/Schering Pharma, 3: Daiichi-Sankyo None 2: Biosense Webster, Inc., 2: Medtronic, Inc. None None None
Douglas Packer, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 0: Abbott Laboratories, 0: Abiomed, 0: Aperture Diagnostics, 0: Biosense Webster, Inc., 0: Boston Scientific Corp., 0: CardioFocus, Inc., 0: CardioInsight Technologies, 0: Johnson and Johnson, 0: Johnson and Johnson Healthcare Systems, 0: MediaSphere Medical, LLC, 0: Medtronic CryoCath, 0: SIEMENS, 0: St. Jude Medical None 0: American Heart Association, 0: Boston Scientific/EPT, 0: CardioInsight, 0: Endosense, 0: SIEMENS Acuson, 0: SIEMENS Acunav, 1: CardioFocus, 1: Hansen Medical, 1: Medtronic, Inc. 2: National Institutes of Health, 3: Thermedical (EP Limited), 5: Biosense Webster, 5: St. Jude Medical None None 1: Medtronic, 1: Oxford Press (Royalty), 1: SIEMENS, 1: WebMD, 1: Wiley-Blackwell (Royalty), 2: Biosense Webster, 4: St. Jude Medical (Royalty)
Evgeny Pokushalov, MD, PhD State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russia 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Medtronic, Inc. None None None None None
Matthew R. Reynolds, MD, MSc Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical None None None None None
Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: CathRx, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical 4: Sorin Group, 5: BIOTRONIK, 5: Boston Scientific Corp., 5: Medtronic, Inc., 5: St. Jude Medical None None None
Mauricio Scanavacca, MD, PhD Instituto do Coração (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical 1: Bayer/Schering Pharma, 1: Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1: Johnson and Johnson, 1: Daiichi-Sankyo 2: Johnson and Johnson 2: Johnson and Johnson None None
Richard Schilling, MD Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Daiichi-Sankyo, 1: Hansen Medical, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical None 1: Boston Scientific Corp., 1: Hansen Medical, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical, 4: Boston Scientific Corp., 4: Medtronic, Inc., 4: St. Jude Medical None None None
Claudio Tondo, MD, PhD Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Center, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy None None None None None None
Hsuan-Ming Tsao, MD National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan City, Taiwan None None None None None None
Atul Verma, MD Southlake Regional Health Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1: Bayer HealthCare, LLC, 1: Boehringer Ingelheim None 5: Bayer HealthCare, LLC, 5: Biosense Webster, Inc., 5: BIOTRONIK, 5: Medtronic, Inc. None None None
David J. Wilber, MD Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1: Biosense Webster, Inc., 1: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Thermedical None 1: Abbott Vascular, 1: Medtronic, Inc., 1: St. Jude Medical, 1: Thermedical, 3: Biosense Webster, Inc. 3: Biosense Webster, Inc., 3: Medtronic, Inc., 3: St. Jude Medical None 1: Elsevier, 1: Wiley-Blackwell, 4: American College of Cardiology Foundation
Teiichi Yamane, MD, PhD Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 1: Bayer HealthCare, 1: Medtronic, 2: Abott Japan, 2: Daiichi-Sankyo, 2: Boehringer Ingelheim, 2: Bristol-Myers Squibb None 1: Boehringer Ingelheim, 1: Bayer HealthCare None None None

Number Value: 0 = $0; 1 = ≤ $10,000; 2 = > $10,000 to ≤ $25,000; 3 = > $25,000 to ≤ $50,000; 4 = > $50,000 to ≤ $100,000; 5 = > $100,000

*Dr. Cappato is now with the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy, and IRCCS, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy