About the Authors

Beatrice von Jeinsen

keller@chestpain.de (TK); beatrice.jeinsen@kgu.de (BJ)

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Stergios Tzikas

Affiliations 3rd Department of Cardiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokrateio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Gerhard Pioro

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Lars Palapies

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Tanja Zeller

Affiliations Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany

Christoph Bickel

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Armed Forces Hospital, Koblenz, Germany

Karl J. Lackner

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Stephan Baldus

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Stefan Blankenberg

Affiliations Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany

Thomas Muenzel

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany

Andreas M. Zeiher

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany

Till Keller

keller@chestpain.de (TK); beatrice.jeinsen@kgu.de (BJ)

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

TK and SB received speaker honoraria of Abbott, Siemens and BRAHMS Thermo Fisher; SB received speaker honoraria of Roche Diagnostics; TK and SB served as consultant for BRAHMS Thermo Fisher. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK KJL S. Blankenberg TM AMZ BvJ. Performed the experiments: TK GP TZ ST KJL S. Baldus. Analyzed the data: LP BvJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK TZ ST KJL S. Baldus CB. Wrote the paper: BvJ TK.