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April 01, 2021
The vast majority of experts who write and review some of the major clinical guidelines issued by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), including those for ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure, have financial conflicts of interest, according to a new analysis.
These entanglements, whether or not they affect the final product, could raise doubts among clinicians and patients that undermine the guidelines’ message, sources told TCTMD.
Breaking down the type of conflicts seen across the different ESC documents, receipt of a direct personal payment, either for industry-funded talks, consulting work, or payments for serving on an advisory board, a committee, or as a clinical investigator, largely outpaced payments made directly to the hospital or money for research funding.