About the Authors

Katarzyna Barska

Contributed equally to this work with: Katarzyna Barska, Wiesława Kwiatkowska, Brygida Knysz

barska.kat@gmail.com

Affiliations Wrovasc–Integrated Cardiovascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, Department of Angiology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Wiesława Kwiatkowska

Contributed equally to this work with: Katarzyna Barska, Wiesława Kwiatkowska, Brygida Knysz

Affiliations Wrovasc–Integrated Cardiovascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, Department of Angiology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Brygida Knysz

Contributed equally to this work with: Katarzyna Barska, Wiesława Kwiatkowska, Brygida Knysz

Affiliations Wrovasc–Integrated Cardiovascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, Department of Infectious Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

Katarzyna Arczyńska

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Wrovasc–Integrated Cardiovascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Maciej Karczewski

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Wrovasc–Integrated Cardiovascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Wojciech Witkiewicz

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Wrovasc–Integrated Cardiovascular Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, Department of Angiology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KB WK BK WW. Data curation: KB WK BK KA. Formal analysis: KB WK BK KA MK WW. Funding acquisition: KB WK BK WW. Investigation: KB WK BK KA. Methodology: KB WK BK. Project administration: KB WK BK WW. Resources: KB WK BK KA WW. Software: KB WK MK BK. Supervision: KB WK BK WW. Validation: KB WK BK. Visualization: KB WK BK MK. Writing – original draft: KB WK BK WW. Writing – review & editing: KB WK BK WW.