Messerli, Michael
Maredziak, Monika
Bengs, Susan
Haider, Ahmed
Giannopoulos, Andreas A.
Schwyzer, Moritz
Benz, Dominik C.
von Felten, Elia
Kudura, Ken
Treyer, Valerie
Fiechter, Michael
Gräni, Christoph
Fuchs, Tobias A.
Pazhenkottil, Aju P.
Buechel, Ronny R.
Kaufmann, Philipp A.
Gebhard, Catherine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-5822
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (to CG)
Olga Mayenfisch Foundation, Switzerland (to CG)
Helmut Horten Foundation, Switzerland (to CG)
Schweizerische Herzstiftung (to CG)
Novartis Stiftung für Medizinisch-Biologische Forschung (to CG)
OPO-Stiftung (to CG)
Iten-Kohaut Foundaton, Switzerland (to MM)
Article History
Received: 26 September 2018
Accepted: 24 December 2018
First Online: 8 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: Michael Messerli received a research grant from the Iten-Kohaut Foundation, Switzerland. Catherine Gebhard received research grants from the Novartis Foundation, Switzerland. The University Hospital of Zurich holds a research contract with GE Healthcare. No further specific grants from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors were received for this study.
: The study was conducted in compliance with ICH-GCP-rules and the declaration of Helsinki and was evaluated and approved by the local ethics committee (BASEC No. 2017-01112).
: The need for written informed consent was waived by the ethics committee due to the retrospective nature of the study.