Tian, Xiao-Fan
Zhang, Lei
Lou, Wen-Hui
Qiu, Yi-Jie
Zuo, Dan
Wang, Wen-Ping
Dong, Yi
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82071942)
Clinical Research Plan of Shanghai Hospital Development Center (Grant No. SHDC2020CR4060, Grant No. SHDC2020CR1031B)
Shanghai Pujiang Program (Grant No. 2020PJD008)
Article History
Received: 23 March 2023
Revised: 23 March 2023
Accepted: 17 April 2023
First Online: 27 June 2023
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Yi Dong (Department of Ultrasound, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China).
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Xiao-Fan Tian and Lei Zhang kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: This prospective study was approved by the institutional review board of Zhongshan Hospital (affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China) (Approval No. B2020-309R). Informed consent was signed, and all the procedures was followed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: No study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution