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Declarations of interest

A DeVore receives research funding through his institution from Biofourmis, Bodyport, Cytokinetics, American Regent, Inc, the NIH and NHLBI, Novartis, and Story Health. He also provides consulting services for and/or receives honoraria from Abiomed, Cardionomic, LivaNova, Natera, NovoNordisk, Story Health, and Zoll. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Sarah Cantrell, MLIS, for her contributions to this manuscript. She did not receive compensation for her contributions, apart from her employment at the Duke University.

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Peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial or other relationships to disclose.

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