About the Authors

Raghav Oberoi

raghav.oberoi@staff.uni-marburg.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Jutta Schuett

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Harald Schuett

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Ann-Kathrin Koch

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Maren Luchtefeld

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Karsten Grote

Contributed equally to this work with: Karsten Grote, Bernhard Schieffer

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Bernhard Schieffer

Contributed equally to this work with: Karsten Grote, Bernhard Schieffer

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

This study was funded by AbbVie Germany. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS ML KG. Performed the experiments: RO AK HS. Analyzed the data: RO KG. Wrote the paper: RO KG BS.