About the Authors

Thijs C. van Holten

tholten@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Leonie F. Waanders

Affiliation Philips Research Laboratories, Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Philip G. de Groot

Affiliation Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Joost Vissers

Affiliation Research and Development, Future Diagnostics, Wijchen, The Netherlands

Imo E. Hoefer

Affiliation Experimental Cardiology Department, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Gerard Pasterkamp

Affiliation Experimental Cardiology Department, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Menno W. J. Prins

Affiliation Philips Research Laboratories, Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Mark Roest

Affiliation Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. L.F. Waanders is employed by Philips Group Innovation, M. Prins by Philips Research and J. Vissers by Future Diagnostics. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TvH LFW PGG JV IEH GP MWJP MR. Performed the experiments: TVH. Analyzed the data: TvH LFW PGG JV IEH GP MWJP MR. Wrote the paper: TvH LFW PGG JV IEH GP MWJP MR.