Lörstad, Samantha https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3422-7943
Åstrand, Per
Gille-Johnson, Patrik
Wang, Yunzhang
Ekenbäck, Christina
Jokhaji, Fadi
Böhm, Felix
Hjalmarsson, Patrik
Shekarestan, Shajan
Jernberg, Tomas
Tehrani, Sara
Shahgaldi, Kambiz
Persson, Jonas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 20 April 2026
Accepted: 28 June 2026
First Online: 2 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (approval number: 2018/1891-31, 2019–06181, 2025-00038-02). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: KS has received speaker honoraria from Pfizer and GE Healthcare.TJ has received an institutional research grant from MSD for an unrelated project.JP has received institutional research grants from Abbott Vascular Inc. and advisory board fees from Amgen.The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.