Zellweger, Michael J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7027-5622
Tsirkin, Andrew
Vasilchenko, Vasily
Failer, Michael
Dressel, Alexander
Kleber, Marcus E.
Ruff, Peter
März, Winfried
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerische Herzstiftung (n.a.)
Article History
Received: 10 May 2018
Accepted: 11 July 2018
First Online: 16 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Michael J. Zellweger is an advisory board member of Exploris AG. Peter Ruff is part owner, board member, and head of Exploris AG, which is a privately owned Swiss research company focusing on development of novel diagnostic solutions. Andrew Tsirkin is head in the modeling and development team of Exploris AG. Vasily Vasilchenko is a data analyst of Exploris AG. Michael Failer is head for regulatory affairs of Exploris AG. Alexander Dressel and Marcus E. Kleber declare that they have no conflict of interest. Winfried März is an advisory board member of Exploris AG.
: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the locally appointed ethics committees (Basel: Ethikkommission beider Basel; reference number: 67/08; LURIC: Ethics Committee at the “Ärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz”; reference number: 837.255.97 (1394)). The study is also in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent has been obtained from all of the patients.