Pristaj, Nadia
Saeed, Sahrai
Midtbø, Helga
Halland, Hilde
Matre, Knut
Gerdts, Eva http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4109-2311
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helse Vest (911402)
University of Bergen
Article History
Received: 30 August 2020
Accepted: 10 October 2020
First Online: 24 October 2020
Declarations
:
: The FATCOR study was funded by a grant from the Western Norwegian Regional Health Authorities [Grant number 911402]. The echocardiograph used in FATCOR was donated by the Grieg Foundation. The funding sources did not have any role in study design, in the collection, design and interpretation of data, in the writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
: The study was approved by Regional Ethics Committee number 17173 and performed in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.
: EG conceptualized the current study. EG, HM, HH and SS acquired the data, and NP and SS analyzed strain-echocardiography. EG and NP interpreted the data and drafted the article. EG, NP, SS, HM, KM and HH critically reviewed the article and approved the final submission.
: The FATCOR file is currently being used in PhD projects and is not available for external researchers.