Pawloff, Maximilian https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3168-5850
Linhardt, David https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-9793
Woletz, Michael
Hollaus, Marlene
Mylonas, Georgios
Holder, Graham E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-3109
Sacu, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-2231
Windischberger, Christian
Ritter, Markus https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1406-8340
Funding for this research was provided by:
Austrian Science Fund (KLI 670-B30; P35583)
Article History
Received: 7 December 2025
Revised: 16 March 2026
Accepted: 6 May 2026
First Online: 4 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the institutional review board of the Medical University of Vienna (EK1594/2018) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the International Conference of Harmonization of Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before their participation.