About the Authors
- Christoph B. Olivier
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* E-mail: Christoph.Olivier@universitaets-herzzentrum.de
Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Melanie Meyer
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Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Hans Bauer
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Affiliation Munich University Hospital, Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Munich, Germany
- Katharina Schnabel
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Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Patrick Weik
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Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Qian Zhou
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Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Christoph Bode
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Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Martin Moser
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Affiliation Heart Center Freiburg University, Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg—Bad Krozingen, Germany
- Philipp Diehl
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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.