1Vascular Institute Central Switzerland, Aarenaustrasse 2B, Aarau, 5000 Switzerland
2Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 11, Bern, 3008 Switzerland
3University of Applied Sciences Furtwangen, Jakob-Kienzle-Strasse 17, Villingen-Schwenningen, 78054 Germany
4Department of Vascular Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Freiburgstrasse 20, Bern, 3008 Switzerland
5Vascular Center Biel, Bahnhofstrasse 14, Biel, 2502 Switzerland
6Microtherapy Center Bern, Lindenhofgruppe, Bremgartenstrasse 117, Bern, 3012 Switzerland
7Hirslanden Clinic Aarau, Urology Center, Aarau, Schänisweg 5001 Switzerland
8Campus Stiftung Lindenhof Bern, Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Hochfeldstrasse 41, Bern, 3012 Switzerland
9Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology (DIPR), Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Rosenbühlgasse 27, Bern, 3010 Switzerland
10Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Frohburgstrasse 3, Postfach 4466, Lucerne, 6002 Switzerland
11Department of Angiology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Freiburgstrasse 20, Bern, 3008 Switzerland
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