Åberg, N. David
Åberg, Daniel
Jood, Katarina
Nilsson, Michael
Blomstrand, Christian
Kuhn, H. Georg
Svensson, Johan
Jern, Christina
Isgaard, Jörgen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grants from the Swedish Government (ALFGBG-493761)
Vetenskapsrådet (K2015-63X-20117-10-4)
Hjärt-Lungfonden (20100256)
STROKE-Riksförbundet (N/A, N/A)
Article History
Received: 8 March 2018
Accepted: 22 July 2018
First Online: 6 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Participants or ext-of-kin provided written informed consent. Specifically, next-of-kin consent was obtained if the participant was unable to communicate verbally or by writing, in accordance with the original criteria in the ethics application. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Gothenburg. The Ethics Committee of the University of Gothenburg is responsible for ethical applications from the entire region of western Sweden, covering all four hospitals in the study.
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