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Dr Vasilis Babaliaros, Emory University Hospital Midtown, 550 Peachtree Street, 4th Floor, Davis Fischer Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, USA. Email: vbabali@emory.edu
Dr Babaliaros has served as a consultant for Edwards Lifesciences and Abbott Vascular; has an employer with research contracts for clinical investigation of transcatheter aortic, mitral, and tricuspid devices from Edwards Lifesciences, Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific; and owns equity interest in Transmural Systems. Dr Lederman has served as the principal investigator on a cooperative research and development agreement between National Institutes of Health and Edwards Lifesciences for transcatheter modification of the mitral valve. Drs Lederman, Khan, and Rogers are co-inventors on patents, assigned to the National Institutes of Health, on devices for electrosurgical leaflet laceration. Drs Khan and Rogers have served as proctors for Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic. Mr Kohli has served as a consultant for Abbott Laboratories. Dr Paone has served as a consultant and proctor for Edwards Lifesciences. Dr Lisko’s employer has contracts for BASILICA analysis with Medtronic and Edwards Lifesciences. Dr Greenbaum has served as a proctor for Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, and Abbott Vascular; owns an equity interest in Transmural Systems; and has an employer with research contracts for clinical investigation of transcatheter aortic, mitral, and tricuspid devices from Edwards Lifesciences, Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
This work was supported by the Emory Structural Heart and Valve program intramural funds, and by National Institutes of Health Grant No. Z01-HL006040.