Comments on the authors’ reply to the critical appraisal concerning “Wearable cardioverter defibrillators for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest: a health technology assessment and patient focus group study”

Johannes Sperzel1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital Kerckhoff Klinik GmbH, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Ingo Staudacher2 Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Olaf Goeing3 Department of Cardiology, Sana-Hospital Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany

Martin Stockburger4 Medical Department I, Havelland Kliniken GmbH, Nauen, Germany

Thorsten Meyer5 Department of Public Health, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Ana Sofia Oliveira Gonçalves6 inav – privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH, Berlin, Germany, [email protected]

Hanna Sydow6 inav – privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH, Berlin, Germany, [email protected]

Tonio Schoenfelder6 inav – privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH, Berlin, Germany, [email protected]

Volker Amelung6 inav – privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH, Berlin, Germany, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]

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