About the Authors

Christoph Czernik

christoph.czernik@charite.de

These authors share first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Stefanie Rhode

These authors share first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Sven Helfer

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Gerd Schmalisch

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Christoph Bührer

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Lothar Schmitz

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC LS. Performed the experiments: CC LS SR. Analyzed the data: SR SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR GS. Wrote the paper: CC GS CB.