About the Authors

Lars Henning Schmidt

Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Henning Schmidt, Benedikt Vietmeier

larshenning.schmidt@ukmuenster.de

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Benedikt Vietmeier

Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Henning Schmidt, Benedikt Vietmeier

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Gerrit Kaleschke

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Christoph Schülke

Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Dennis Görlich

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

Christoph Schliemann

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Torsten Kessler

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Arik Bernard Schulze

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Boris Buerke

Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Andreas Kuemmel

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine III, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Michael Thrull

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Rainer Wiewrodt

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Helmut Baumgartner

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Wolfgang E. Berdel

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Michael Mohr

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LHS BV MM DG C. Schülke. Performed the experiments: LHS BV MM DG C. Schülke HB GK WEB. Analyzed the data: LHS BV MM DG C. Schülke MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LHS BV MM DG C. Schülke AK HB GK. Wrote the paper: LHS BV MM DG C. Schülke GK C. Schliemann TK RW HB WEB AK MT BB ABS.