Fischer, Urs http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-4051
Hsieh-Meister, Kety http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-2750
Kellner-Weldon, Frauke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6019-0147
Galimanis, Aikaterini http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-8479
Yan, Xin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-545X
Kaesmacher, Johannes http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9177-2289
El-Koussy, Marwan
Jung, Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8288-6102
Arnold, Marcel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-4644
Michel, Patrik http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4954-7579
Wiest, Roland http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7030-2045
Mattle, Heinrich P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7968-1731
Gralla, Jan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1953-9033
Heldner, Mirjam R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3594-2159
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerische Herzstiftung
Article History
Received: 10 November 2019
Revised: 3 February 2020
Accepted: 5 February 2020
First Online: 25 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: U. Fischer, P. Michel and J. Gralla were supported by a Swiss Heart Foundation grant directly related to this study. All other co-authors report no disclosures directly related to this manuscript.
: The study was approved by the local ethics committee of the canton of Bern/Switzerland (KEK number: 127/11) and has therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients. We complied with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and with the STROBE checklist.