About the Authors

Ivo A. Joosen

ivo.joosen@mumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Frank Schiphof

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Mathijs O. Versteylen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Eduard M. Laufer

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Mark H. Winkens

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Patricia J. Nelemans

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jeroen P. Kooman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Leonard Hofstra

Affiliation Cardiology Center Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Joachim E. Wildberger

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Tim Leiner

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH TL. Performed the experiments: IJ FS MV EL MW. Analyzed the data: IJ FS MV PN JK JW TL. Wrote the paper: IJ FS MV PN TL. Statistical analysis: IJ PN.