About the Authors

Carlos Escobar

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

escobar_cervantes_carlos@hotmail.com

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Xavier Borrás

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Ramón Bover Freire

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, CIBERCV, Madrid, Spain

Carlos González-Juanatey

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain

Miren Morillas

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital de Galdakao, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain

Alfonso Valle Muñoz

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital Marina Salud, Denia, Alicante, Spain

Juan José Gómez-Doblas

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, CIBERCV, Málaga, Spain

Competing Interests

CE has served on advisory boards for Boehringer, Pfizer/Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), Bayer and Daiichi Sankyo, and also received speaker fees from these companies. RBF has served on advisory boards for Boehringer, Novartis and Astra-Zeneca. CG-J has served on advisory boards for Boehringer, Astra-Zeneca, Novartis, and Bayer, and has also received research funding from Abbott, Boehringer, Astra-Zeneca, and Pfizer. AVM has served on advisory boards for MSD, Boehringher, Bayer, Daiichi, and Novartis; and has received honoraria for providing expert testimony from MSD, Boehringher, Bayer, Daiichi, Novartis, Amgen, Sanofi, Pzifer, Janssen, Astrazeneca, Servier, and Rovi. JJGD has received honoraria for advisory services from Bayer, Astrazeneca, MSD, Daiichi, BMS, Amgen and Sanofi. The other authors declare that they have no other competing interests. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to Plos One policies on sharing data and materials.