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C.M. reports receiving research support from the the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Heart Foundation, the University Hos-pital Basel, the University of Basel, Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Beckman Coul-ter, BRAHMS, Idorsia, Novartis, Ortho Clinical, Quidel, Roche, Siemens, SpinChip, Upstream, and Sphingotec, as well as speaker\/consulting honoraria from Acon, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Idorsia, Osler, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche, SpinChip, and Sanofi, all paid to the institution. F.M. has been supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemein-schaft (SFB TRR219, Project-ID 322900939) and Deutsche Herzstiftung. Saarland University has received scientific support from Ablative Solutions, Medtronic and ReCor Medical. Until May 2024, F.M. has received speaker honoraria\/consulting fees from Ablative Solutions, Astra-Zeneca, Inari, Medtronic, Merck, Novartis, Philips and ReCor Medical. 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