About the Authors

Vivien Klaudia Nagy

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Gábor Széplaki

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Astrid Apor

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Valentina Kutyifa

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Attila Kovács

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Annamária Kosztin

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Dávid Becker

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

András Mihály Boros

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

László Gellér

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Béla Merkely

merkely.bela@gmail.com

Affiliation Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BM GS VK VKN DB LG AA. Performed the experiments: VKN VK AMB A. Kosztin AA. Analyzed the data: VKN AMB GS VK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VKN. Wrote the paper: VKN A. Kovács AMB GS BM.