Meinel, Thomas Raphael http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0647-9273
Kaesmacher, Johannes
Gralla, Jan
Seiffge, David J.
Auer, Elias
Frey, Sebastién
El-Koussy, Marwan
Arnold, Marcel
Fischer, Urs
Göldlin, Martina
Jung, Simon
Hakim, Arsany
Article History
Received: 4 December 2019
Accepted: 6 March 2020
First Online: 11 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The competent ethics committee approved this single-center observational study (Kantonale Ethikkommission Bern, reference number KEK 231/14). Verbal consent was obtained according to Swiss legislation and approved by the ethics committee. Patients who withdrew their consent were excluded from the data export.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Gralla received Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) grants for magnetic resonance imaging in stroke. Professor Arnold received speeking fees and honoraria for scientific advisory boards from Covidien and Medtronic. Dr. Fischer is a consultant for Medtronic and Stryker. Mr. Kaesmacher has received travel grants from Pfizer and Stryker. He also is an Editorial Board Member of BMC Neurology. All other authors have nothing to disclose.