About the Authors

Christoph B. Olivier

Christoph.Olivier@universitaets-herzzentrum.de

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Melanie Meyer

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Hans Bauer

Affiliation Munich University Hospital, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Munich, Germany

Katharina Schnabel

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Patrick Weik

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Qian Zhou

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Christoph Bode

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Martin Moser

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Philipp Diehl

Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany

Competing Interests

C. Olivier, P. Diehl, Q. Zhou and M. Moser are investigators in PIONEER AF-PCI. P. Diehl received speaker's fees from Lilly Deutschland GmbH and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. C. Bode received speaker's fees from Merck, AstraZeneca, Sanofi und Bayer. M. Moser received speaker's fees from Bayer Vital GmbH, AstraZeneca GmbH, Daiichi Sankyo Deutschland GmbH, Pfizer/Bristol-Myers Squibb, Berlin Chemie AG, Lilly Deutschland GmbH, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. and KG Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBO M. Moser PD. Performed the experiments: CBO M. Meyer KS PW M. Moser PD. Analyzed the data: CBO M. Meyer HB KS PW QZ CB M. Moser PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CBO CB M. Moser PD. Wrote the paper: CBO M. Meyer HB KS PW QZ CB M. Moser PD.