About the Authors
- Caroline M. Van daele
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* E-mail: Caroline.Vandaele@UGent.be
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Tim De Meyer
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Affiliation Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Marc L. De Buyzere
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Thierry C. Gillebert
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Simon L. I. J. Denil
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Affiliation Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Sofie Bekaert
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Affiliation Bimetra, Clinical Research Center Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Julio A. Chirinos
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Affiliation Philadelphia VA Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Patrick Segers
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Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology (IbiTech), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Guy G. De Backer
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Roles MD
Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Dirk De Bacquer
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Ernst R. Rietzschel
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Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- on behalf of the Asklepios Investigators
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CVd ER MDB TG. Performed the experiments: CVd ER MDB. Analyzed the data: CVd ER TDM MDB TG GDB DDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CVd ER TDM MDB SD JC PS. Wrote the paper: CVd TDM MDB TG SD SB JC PS GDB DDB ER.