About the Authors

Jörg Eberhard

Contributed equally to this work with: Jörg Eberhard, Karsten Grote, Bernhard Schieffer, Meike Stiesch

eberhard.joerg@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Karsten Grote

Contributed equally to this work with: Jörg Eberhard, Karsten Grote, Bernhard Schieffer, Meike Stiesch

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Maren Luchtefeld

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Wieland Heuer

Affiliation Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Harald Schuett

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Dimitar Divchev

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ralph Scherer

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ruth Schmitz-Streit

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Daniela Langfeldt

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Nico Stumpp

Affiliation Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ingmar Staufenbiel

Affiliation Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Bernhard Schieffer

Contributed equally to this work with: Jörg Eberhard, Karsten Grote, Bernhard Schieffer, Meike Stiesch

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Meike Stiesch

Contributed equally to this work with: Jörg Eberhard, Karsten Grote, Bernhard Schieffer, Meike Stiesch

Affiliation Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JE KG BS MS. Performed the experiments: JE ML WH DD HS RSS DL NS IS. Analyzed the data: JE KG RS BS MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JE KG ML RS RSS DL BS MS. Wrote the paper: JE KG ML BS MS.