About the Authors

Jan-Philipp Minol

phil.minol@gmx.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany

Isabella Reinsch

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany

Maximilian Luik

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany

Anne Leferink

Affiliation Department of Tissue Regeneration, MIRA Institute, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Mareike Barth

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany

Alexander Assmann

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany

Artur Lichtenberg

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany

Payam Akhyari

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JPM PA. Data curation: JPM IR ML A. Leferink AA. Formal analysis: JPM. Funding acquisition: A. Lichtenberg PA. Investigation: JPM IR ML A. Leferink MB AA. Methodology: JPM IR ML A. Leferink MB AA PA. Project administration: JPM PA. Resources: A. Leferink MB PA. Supervision: JPM PA. Validation: JPM MB PA. Visualization: JPM IR ML PA. Writing – original draft: JPM PA. Writing – review & editing: JPM A. Leferink AA A. Lichtenberg PA.