Sjöberg, Pia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9721-2880
Bidhult, Sebastian
Bock, Jelena
Heiberg, Einar
Arheden, Håkan
Gustafsson, Ronny
Nozohoor, Shahab
Carlsson, Marcus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hjärt-Lungfonden
Lunds Universitet
Skåne University Hospital
Region of Skåne
Vetenskapsrådet
Svenska Läkaresällskapet
Article History
Received: 30 October 2017
Revised: 9 February 2018
Accepted: 13 February 2018
First Online: 17 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Marcus Carlsson.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Einar Heiberg is stockholder and founder of Medviso AB that sells the Segment software for clinical use. Hakan Arheden is stockholder of Imacor AB, a core lab for medical image analysis. Marcus Carlsson has received consultancy fees from Imacor AB. The remaining authors have no competing interests.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• case–control study• performed at one institution