About the Authors

Norman Mangner

norman.mangner@med.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Axel Linke

Affiliation Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Andreas Oberbach

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Yvonne Kullnick

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Stephan Gielen

Affiliation University Hospital - Martin Luther University of Halle/Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Marcus Sandri

Affiliation Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Robert Hoellriegel

Affiliation Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Yasuharu Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Gerhard Schuler

Affiliation Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Volker Adams

Affiliation Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM AL AO YK YM MS RH SG VA. Performed the experiments: NM AO YK VA. Analyzed the data: NM AL AO YK YM MS RH VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO GS VA. Wrote the paper: NM AL AO VA. Critical proof reading and intellectual counsel with regard to the manuscript: GS SG.