Alzaid, Haidar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1918-9187
Bendszus, Martin
Friederich, Hans-Christoph https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4344-8959
Simon, Joe J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7407-1344
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SI 2087/2–1, BR 4852/1–1)
Article History
Received: 17 February 2025
Revised: 16 June 2026
Accepted: 6 July 2026
First Online: 15 July 2026
Ethics
Competing interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants; the study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg, Germany (protocol numbers S-592/2015, S-373/2014, S-125/2013).