About the Authors
- Pia K. Schuler
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pia K. Schuler, Laurent M. Haegeli
Affiliations Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease Center, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Laurent M. Haegeli
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pia K. Schuler, Laurent M. Haegeli
* E-mail: laurent.haegeli@usz.ch
Affiliation Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Ardan M. Saguner
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Affiliation Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Thomas Wolber
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Affiliations Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Felix C. Tanner
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Affiliations Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Rolf Jenni
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Affiliations Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Natascia Corti
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Thomas F. Lüscher
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Affiliations Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Corinna Brunckhorst
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Affiliation Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Firat Duru
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Affiliations Clinic for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Competing Interests
There are no conflicts of interest involved other than research grants to the institution from Medtronic, Biotronik, St. Jude and Boston Scientific not directly related to this project. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PS FD. Analyzed the data: PS CB FT RJ TL FD. Wrote the paper: PS LH AS TW CB NC. Data acquisition, statistics: PS.