About the Authors

Diana Bonderman

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Alexandra Graf

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Andreas A. Kammerlander

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Alfred Kocher

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Guenter Laufer

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Irene M. Lang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Julia Mascherbauer

julia.mascherbauer@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB JM. Performed the experiments: DB A. Kammerlander GL JM. Analyzed the data: DB AG JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB AG JM. Wrote the paper: DB JM. Critical review of the manuscript: A. Kocher GL IML.