About the Authors

Ewa Orlowska-Baranowska

Affiliation Department of Valvular Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Jaroslaw Gora

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension, and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Rafal Baranowski

Affiliation Clinic of Arrhythmia, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Patrycjusz Stoklosa

Affiliation Department of Valvular Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Lucja Gadomska vel Betka

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension, and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Ewa Pedzich-Placha

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension, and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Malogrzata Milkowska

Affiliation Department of Valvular Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Marta K. Koblowska

Affiliations Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Tomasz Hryniewiecki

Affiliation Department of Valvular Heart Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Zbigniew Gaciong

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension, and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Grzegorz Placha

Grzegorz.Placha@wum.edu.pl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension, and Vascular Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP EOB ZG. Performed the experiments: EOB GP JG PS LGvB EPP MM MKK TH RB ZG. Analyzed the data: GP EPP MKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP ZG. Wrote the paper: GP EOB ZG. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: GP EOB ZG JG RB PS LGvB EPP MM MKK TH.