Accepted for Publication: April 14, 2020
Corresponding Author: Martin Cour, MD, PhD, Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5, Place d’Arsonval, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France (martin.cour@chu-lyon.fr).
Author Contributions: Drs Bessière and Cour had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Bessiere, Roccia, Chevalier, Argaud, Cour.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Bessiere, Roccia, Deliniere, Charriere, Chevalier, Cour.
Drafting of the manuscript: Bessiere, Roccia, Chevalier, Cour.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Bessiere, Roccia, Deliniere, Charriere, Argaud, Cour.
Statistical analysis: Bessiere, Cour.
Supervision: Bessiere, Deliniere, Chevalier, Argaud, Cour.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Bessière reports grants and personal fees from Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Biosense, and Volta Medical outside the submitted work. Dr Chevalier reports grants from Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Published Online: May 1, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1787
Correction: This article was corrected on June 24, 2020, to fix errors in the Conflict of Interest Disclosures.
Additional Contributions: We thank Verena Landel, DRCI, Hospices Civils de Lyon, for her help in manuscript preparation. She was not compensated for her contributions.
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