About the Authors

Thomas Berger

thomas.berger@uki.at

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Bernhard Pfeifer

Affiliation Institute of Electrical, Electronic and Bioengineering, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tirol, Austria

Friedrich F. Hanser

Affiliation Institute of Electrical, Electronic and Bioengineering, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tirol, Austria

Florian Hintringer

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Gerald Fischer

Affiliation Institute of Electrical, Electronic and Bioengineering, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tirol, Austria

Michael Netzer

Affiliation Institute of Electrical, Electronic and Bioengineering, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tirol, Austria

Thomas Trieb

Affiliation Department of Radiology I, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Markus Stuehlinger

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Wolfgang Dichtl

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Christian Baumgartner

Affiliation Institute of Electrical, Electronic and Bioengineering, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tirol, Austria

Otmar Pachinger

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Michael Seger

Affiliation Institute of Electrical, Electronic and Bioengineering, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Hall in Tirol, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB BP M. Seger. Performed the experiments: TB NP FFH MN FH GF TT M. Seger M. Stuehlinger WD CB OP. Analyzed the data: TB BP M. Seger FH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB BP M. Seger FFH FH. Wrote the paper: TB M. Seger.