About the Authors
- Christian Eickholt
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Marcus Siekiera
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Kiriakos Kirmanoglou
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Astrid Rodenbeck
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, University Hospital RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Nicole Heussen
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Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, University Hospital RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Patrick Schauerte
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, University Hospital RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Artur Lichtenberg
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Jan Balzer
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Tienush Rassaf
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Stefan Perings
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Malte Kelm
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Dong-In Shin
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Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Christian Meyer
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* E-mail: christian.meyer@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Affiliation Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmology and Angiology, Dusseldorf, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CE AR NH MK TR DS CM. Performed the experiments: CE MS KK PS AL JB. Analyzed the data: CE MS KK AR NH PS SP TR DS CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH JB AL SP MK. Wrote the paper: CE AR CM.