Fankhauser, Katharina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-7725
Wamala, Isaac http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-9283
Penkalla, Adam
Heck, Roland
Hammerschmidt, Robert
Falk, Volkmar
Buz, Semih http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4574-4655
Funding for this research was provided by:
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Article History
Received: 6 January 2023
Accepted: 10 April 2023
First Online: 20 June 2023
Declarations
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: This single center retrospective study was reviewed and approved by the Charité Universitätsmedizin ethics committee (Ethics approval number EA2/103/20).
: Consent was waived given the retrospective nature of the study. One patient whose images were used as a clinical example in Fig. , signed an explicit informed consent allowing the use of her images in this publication. Patients still alive at the time of follow-up were contacted and they agreed to provide updated information of their clinical status for purposes of the study.
: Prof. Volkmar Falk reports a financial relationship with Abbott GmbH, Medtronic GmbH, Boston Scientific Inc., Novartis Pharma, Berlin Heart GmbH, Biotronik Se & Co., Edwards Lifesciences, JOTEC GmbH, Zurich Heart, and ETH Zurich in relation to research and study funds, and fees for lectures and speeches. All other authors have no conflicts of interest.