Weber, Christian
Studier-Fischer, J.
Reiss, H.
von Garlen, S.
Piepenburg, S.
Ehlert, C.
Maier, A.
Vögele, S.
Hein, M.
Ruile, P.
Fingerhut, J.
Jäck, S.
Hagar, M. T.
Taron, J.
Schlett, C.
Potratz, M.
Rudolph, T.
Steffen, J.
Hering, D.
Deseive, S.
Massberg, S.
Schwab, A.
Leberzammer, J.
Seppelt, P. C.
Rilinger, J.
Zehender, M.
Hilgendorf, I.
Westermann, D.
von zur Mühlen, C.
Heidt, T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen GmbH
Article History
Received: 26 August 2025
Accepted: 15 November 2025
First Online: 1 December 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Commission at the University of Freiburg (vote number 21-1178). Study participation was further approved by the respective ethics committees at each participating institution (vote numbers 296/16, 2021 − 793_2, 21-1178, 19–840). Written informed consent was not required due to the retrospective design and complete anonymization of patient data.
: As this is an retrospective, observational study the Research Ethics Committee has confirmed that no informed consent from all individual participants is required.