About the Authors
- Florian Schwarz
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* E-mail: Florian.Schwarz@med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Institute for Clinical Radiology, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Philipp Lange
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Affiliation Medical Clinic I – Cardiology, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Dominik Zinsser
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Radiology, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Martin Greif
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Affiliation Medical Clinic I – Cardiology, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Peter Boekstegers
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Affiliation HELIOS Klinikum Siegburg, HELIOS Kliniken GmbH, Siegburg, Germany
- Christoph Schmitz
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Maximilian F. Reiser
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Radiology, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Christian Kupatt
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Affiliations Medical Clinic I – Cardiology, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Hans C. Becker
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Radiology, Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Professor Becker has received speaker honoraria from Siemens Healthcare. Professor Boekstegers is an employee of HELIOS Kliniken GmbH, yet his contribution to this study was made when he was an employee of the university hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FS PL DZ MG PB CS MFR CK HCB. Performed the experiments: FS PL DZ MG. Analyzed the data: FS PL DZ MG CK HCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MFR HCB. Wrote the paper: FS PL DZ MG PB CS MFR CK HCB.