About the Authors

Liza S. M. Wong

Contributed equally to this work with: Liza S. M. Wong, Jardi Huzen

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jardi Huzen

Contributed equally to this work with: Liza S. M. Wong, Jardi Huzen

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Rudolf A. de Boer

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Wiek H. van Gilst

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Pim van der Harst

p.van.der.harst@thorax.umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LSMW JH RAdB WHvG DJvV PvdH. Performed the experiments: LSMW JH. Analyzed the data: LSMW JH PvdH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WHvG DJvV PvdH. Wrote the paper: LSMW JH RAdB WHvG DJvV PvdH.