Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
G.C.S.: Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board: Procyrion Inc (chair of clinical trial safety committee [Aortix]), Abbott Laboratories (evidence base advisory board [HeartMate 3]). M.R.M.: Consulting fees: Abbot, Janssen, Paragonix, Natera, Moderna, Baim Institute for Clinical Research, and Briadview Ventures. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board: Mesoblast and Fineheart. Stock or stock options: Leviticus, NupulseCV, and Fineheart. A.M.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Abbott (Fellowship grant made to institution). U.P.J.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Research grant Abbott . Consulting fees: Abbott and Edwards. Support for attending meetings and/or travel: Abbott and AncoraHeart . Leadership or fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group, paid or unpaid: ISHLT board. Stock or stock options: Revamp Medical. D.J.G.: Consulting fees: Abbott Inc Consultant/Medical Advisory Board, Abiomed Inc Consultant. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events: Abiomed Inc (speaker honorarium). J.S.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Natera (Research support). Consulting fees: Medtronic, Natera, and Sanofi Aventis. F.G.: Consulting fees: Abbott Inc. A.L.: Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Medtronic and Abbott. Support for attending meetings and/or travel: Medtronic and Abbott . Z.T.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Abbott (payments to institution). I.N.: All support for the present report (eg, funding, provision of study materials, medical writing, article processing charges, etc): Abbott , consultant and overall principal investigator (grants, personal fees, and nonfinacial support). Grants or contracts from any entity: CARMAT SA (grants, personal fees and nonfinancial support). Consulting fees: Abbott (grants, personal fees and nonfinancial support). Support for attending meetings and/or travel: Abbott (grants, personal fees, and nonfinancial support), CARMAT SA (grants, personal fees, and nonfinancial support). Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board: LeviticusCardio Ltd (board member, stockholder). Stock or stock options: LeviticusCardio Ltd (board member, stockholder). Other financial or nonfinancial interests: LeviticusCardio Ltd (nonfinancial support or other). T.S.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Abbott Inc (payment to institution), Medtronic (payment to institution). Consulting fees: Abbott Inc and Medtronic Inc. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Abbott Inc (payment to institution). Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board: Abbott Inc and Metronic. D.Z.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Abbott , Medtronic , Berlin Heart , Corelife , and Edwards . Consulting fees: Abbott, Medtronic, Berlin Heart, Corelife, and Edwards. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Abbott, Berlin Heart, Corelife, and Medtronic. Support for attending meetings and/or travel: Abbott , Berlin Heart , Corelife , Medtronic , and Edwards . Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board: Abbott and Berlin Heart. G.D.: Consulting fees: Abbott. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Abbott. J.D.S.: Consulting fees: Abbott and Medtronic. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Abbott and Medtronic. Support for attending meetings and/or travel: Abbott and Medtronic . Leadership or fiduciary role in other board, society, committee or advocacy group, paid or unpaid: EUMS Society (president) and ESAO (Board of Governors). D.S.: Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Abiomed (consulting/lecture honoraria). Support for attending meetings and/or travel: Abbott (travel grants for ISHLT until 2019). Leadership or fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group, paid or unpaid: ISHLT. C.S.M.: Consulting fees: Abbott (proctoring contract, but no proctoring has taken place so far/no payment received). J.K.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Edwards and LivaNova . Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Edwards, Medtronic, Abbott, LivaNova, and Cryolife. Leadership or fiduciary role in other board, society, committee or advocacy group, paid or unpaid: TC EACTS, ECSC Board, ISMICS Board. V.F.: Grants or contracts from any entity: Medtronic GmbH , Biotronik SE & Co , Abbott GmbH & Co KG , Boston Scientific , Edwards Lifesciences , Berlin Heart , Novartis Pharma GmbH , JOTEC/Cryolife GmbH , LivaNova , and Zurich Heart (relevant [institutional] financial activities outside the submitted work with the mentioned commercial entities in relation to educational grants [including travel support], fees for lectures and speeches, fees for professional consultation, research, and study funds). E.V.P.: Consulting fees: Abbott (institutional grants), Medtronic (institutional grants), and Abiomed (institutional grants). Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events: Abbott (institutional grants), Medtronic (institutional grants), and Abiomed (institutional grants). Support for attending meetings and/or travel: Abbott (institutional grants), Medtronic (institutional grants), and Abiomed (institutional grants). Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board: Abbott and Medtronic. All other authors reported no conflicts of interest.

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