About the Authors

Florian Schlotter

Affiliation University of Leipzig – Heart Center Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany

Yasuharu Matsumoto

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Norman Mangner

Affiliation University of Leipzig – Heart Center Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany

Gerhard Schuler

Affiliation University of Leipzig – Heart Center Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany

Axel Linke

Affiliation University of Leipzig – Heart Center Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany

Volker Adams

adav@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation University of Leipzig – Heart Center Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM GS VA. Performed the experiments: FS NM VA. Analyzed the data: NM AL VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM GS. Wrote the paper: FS VA.