About the Authors
- Daniel Dumitrescu
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* E-mail: daniel.dumitrescu@dd-it.de
Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Physiology, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
- Ronald J. Oudiz
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
- George Karpouzas
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Division of Rheumatology, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
- Arsen Hovanesyan
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
- Amali Jayasinghe
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Physiology, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
- James E. Hansen
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Physiology, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
- Stephan Rosenkranz
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Affiliation Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
- Karlman Wasserman
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Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Physiology, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin, Herzzentrum der Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany
Competing Interests
DD received an unrestricted research grant from Actelion Pharmaceuticals, and received occasional speaker fees from Actelion. RO received speaker and consulting fees, as well as research grant support from Actelion. SR received speaker and consulting fees as well as research grant support from Actelion. This does not alter the adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DD RO GK JH SR KW. Performed the experiments: DD RO AH AJ. Analyzed the data: DD RO GK AH AJ JH SR KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD RO GK AH AJ JH SR KW. Wrote the paper: DD RO SR KW. Critical editorial comments: GK AH AJ JH SR.