About the Authors
- Barbara Elisabeth Stähli
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Keiko Yonekawa
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Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Lukas Andreas Altwegg
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Christophe Wyss
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Danielle Hof
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Philipp Fischbacher
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Männedorf, Männedorf, Switzerland
- Andreas Brauchlin
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Georg Schulthess
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Männedorf, Männedorf, Switzerland
- Pierre-Alexandre Krayenbühl
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Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Arnold von Eckardstein
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Martin Hersberger
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Childrens Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Michel Neidhart
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Affiliation Center for Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Steffen Gay
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Affiliation Center for Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Igor Novopashenny
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Affiliation FB Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Regine Wolters
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Affiliation FB Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Michelle Frank
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Manfred Bernd Wischnewsky
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Affiliation FB Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Thomas Felix Lüscher
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Willibald Maier
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* E-mail: karmaiew@usz.uzh.ch
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Dr. Maier and Dr. Altwegg report receiving consulting fees from Roche Diagnostics GmbH. No other potential conflict of interest was reported. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LA KY GS WM. Performed the experiments: LA KY BS CW DH PF AB GS PK MH AvE MN TL WM. Analyzed the data: BS LA KY DH IN RW MF MW WM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY DH AvE MH MN. Wrote the paper: BS LA KY SG TL WM.