Benz, Dominik C.
von Dahlen, Anita P.
Huang, Wenjie
Messerli, Michael
von Felten, Elia
Benetos, Georgios
Giannopoulos, Andreas A.
Fuchs, Tobias A.
Gräni, Christoph
Gebhard, Catherine
Pazhenkottil, Aju P.
Gaemperli, Oliver
Kaufmann, Philipp A.
Buechel, Ronny R.
Article History
Received: 8 April 2019
Accepted: 11 July 2019
First Online: 29 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The University Hospital Zurich holds a research agreement with GE Healthcare. Dominik C. Benz has received research grants from the Theodor and Ida Herzog-Egli Foundation. Anita Schneider declares that she has no conflict of interest. Wenjie Huang declares that he has no conflict of interest. Michael Messerli declares that he has no conflict of interest. Elia von Felten declares that he has no conflict of interest. Georgios Benetos declares that he has no conflict of interest. Andreas A. Giannopoulos declares that he has no conflict of interest. Tobias A. Fuchs declares that he has no conflict of interest. Christoph Gräni declares that he has no conflict of interest. Catherine Gebhard declares that he has no conflict of interest. Aju P. Pazhenkottil declares that he has no conflict of interest. Oliver Gaemperli declares that he has no conflict of interest. Philipp A. Kaufmann declares that he has no conflict of interest. Ronny R. Buechel declares that he has no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the local research committee (Ethics Committee Zurich, BASEC-Nr. 2016-00177) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was waived for all patients scanned before 2014 due to subsequent use of non-genetic personal health data only. For all patients scanned afterward (after the adoption of a new law in Switzerland), written informed consent was obtained.