About the Authors

Daniel Scherer

daniel.scherer@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Claudia Seyler

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Panagiotis Xynogalos

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Eberhard P. Scholz

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Dierk Thomas

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany

Johannes Backs

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany

Martin Andrassy

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Mirko Völkers

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany

Christoph A. Karle

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Hugo A. Katus

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany

Edgar Zitron

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS CS CAK EZ. Performed the experiments: DS CS PX. Analyzed the data: DS CS EZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EPS DT JB MA MV CAK HAK EZ. Wrote the paper: DS CS HAK EZ.