Neubauer, Jacqueline https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9472-7803
Dørum, Guro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8566-3131
Haas, Cordula https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-1427
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Zurich
Article History
Received: 16 August 2024
Accepted: 6 January 2025
First Online: 21 February 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study was provided by the local ethics committee in Zurich, Switzerland (Kantonale Ethikkommision, KEK-ZH-Nr. 2013-0086), and the study was conducted in full compliance with Swiss laws and regulations. The requirements of the local ethics committee included written informed consent from family members. If no family members were available, SUD cases were irreversibly anonymized. Heart tissue from control cases was collected during autopsy procedure in accordance with the Swiss Human Research Act (Humanforschungsgesetz, HFG, 810.30 article 38). The collected tissue and the required case information of the control cases were irreversibly anonymized.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.