Waelti, Stephan
Skawran, Stephan
Sartoretti, Thomas
Schwyzer, Moritz
Gennari, Antonio G.
Mader, Cäcilia
Treyer, Valerie
Kellenberger, Christian J.
Burger, Irene A.
Hany, Thomas
Maurer, Alexander
Huellner, Martin W.
Messerli, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
Palatin Foundation
University of Zurich
Article History
Received: 14 April 2023
Revised: 11 August 2023
Accepted: 18 August 2023
First Online: 19 October 2023
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is PD Dr. Michael Messerli.
: The University Hospital of Zurich holds a research agreement with GE healthcare (unrelated to the current study). Martin Huellner received speaker’s fees from GE Healthcare. Other than that, the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: The use for written informed consent was waived for patients scanned before January 2016. After 2016, only patients whose informed consent for further use of their medical data was available (due to a change in national regulatory rules) were included.
: The study was approved by the local ethics committee (Kantonale Ethikkommission Zürich, Switzerland): trial number BASEC 2020-03067.
: No study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported.
: • Retrospective• Observational• Performed at one institution