About the Authors

Helene Hartwig

Contributed equally to this work with: Helene Hartwig, Carlos Silvestre-Roig

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Carlos Silvestre-Roig

Contributed equally to this work with: Helene Hartwig, Carlos Silvestre-Roig

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Jeffrey Hendrikse

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Linda Beckers

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Nicole Paulin

Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Kim Van der Heiden

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Quinte Braster

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Maik Drechsler

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Mat J. Daemen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Esther Lutgens

Affiliations Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Oliver Soehnlein

oliver.soehnlein@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OS. Performed the experiments: HH CSR JH LB QB. Analyzed the data: HH CSR JH NP. Wrote the paper: HH CSR OS. Taught surgical procedures and provided intellectual input: MD KvdH. Assisted in the pathological analysis: MJD EL.