About the Authors

Jochen Wöhrle

Contributed equally to this work with: Jochen Wöhrle, Mahir Karakas

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II–Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Mahir Karakas

Contributed equally to this work with: Jochen Wöhrle, Mahir Karakas

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II–Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Ulrike Trepte

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II–Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Julia Seeger

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II–Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Birgid Gonska

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II–Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Wolfgang Koenig

wolfgang.koenig@uniklinik-ulm.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II–Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Wolfgang Rottbauer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II–Cardiology, University of Ulm Medical Center, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW MK WK. Performed the experiments: MK. Analyzed the data: JW MK WR WK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK. Wrote the paper: JW MK WK JS WR UT BG.