About the Authors

David Nilsson

david.nilsson@med.lu.se

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine Unit, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Richard Sutton

Affiliation National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, St Mary's Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom

Widet Tas

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Group, Clinical Research Centre, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Philippe Burri

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Group, Clinical Research Centre, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Olle Melander

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Group, Clinical Research Centre, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Artur Fedorowski

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Group, Clinical Research Centre, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Competing Interests

AF and OM report the following conflict of interest: both coauthors are listed as co-inventors on a patent application “Biomarkers for the diagnosis, prognosis, assessment and therapy stratification of syncope” (PCT/EP2013/001081) for the use of BRAHMS CT-proAVP, CT-proET-1, and MR-proANP for diagnosis and management of syncope. The authors' declare that this does not alter their adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN AF RS OM. Performed the experiments: DN AF WT PB. Analyzed the data: DN AF PB RS OM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF OM PB WT. Wrote the paper: DN AF RS OM. Organized and filled in database: PB. Performed laboratory tests: WT.