About the Authors
- Ana Liberman
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I – Cardiology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Melanie Esser
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I – Cardiology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Nikolaus Marx
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* E-mail: nmarx@ukaachen.de
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I – Cardiology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Mathias Burgmaier
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I – Cardiology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Competing Interests
Nikolaus Marx served as a speaker for Berlin Chemie, Novo Nordisk, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Boehringer Ingelheim and Glaxo Smith Kline and an advisor to Glaxo Smith Kline, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Astra Zeneca. In addition, Prof Marx has received an unrestricted research grant from Boerhinger Ingelheim and Merck Sharp and Dohme. The potential conflicting interests mentioned do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AL MB NM. Performed the experiments: AL MB ME. Analyzed the data: AL MB ME NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL MB ME NM. Wrote the paper: AL MB NM.