About the Authors

Birgit Markus

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Marburg, Germany

Karsten Grote

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Marburg, Germany

Michael Worsch

Affiliation Internal Medicine I/Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Giessen, Germany

Behnoush Parviz

Affiliation Internal Medicine I/Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Giessen, Germany

Andreas Boening

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Giessen, Germany

Bernhard Schieffer

Affiliation Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Marburg, Germany

Mariana S. Parahuleva

parahule@med.uni-marburg.de

Affiliations Internal Medicine/Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Marburg, Germany, Internal Medicine I/Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Location Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MP BP MW. Data curation: MP BM BP MW KG AB. Formal analysis: MP BM BP MW KG. Investigation: MP BM BP MW KG. Methodology: MP BP BM KG MW AB. Project administration: MP BP MW. Resources: MP BM BP MW KG AB. Software: MP BP BM KG MW. Supervision: MP. Validation: MP KG BS AB. Visualization: MP KG BM MW BP AB BS. Writing – original draft: MP KG BM MW. Writing – review & editing: MP KG BM MW BP AB BS.