About the Authors

Caroline Verhestraeten

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

caroline.verhestraeten@novartis.com

Affiliation Novartis Pharma nv-sa, Vilvoorde, Belgium

Gijs Weijers

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Bois de l’Abbaye, Seraing, Belgium

Daphne Debleu

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Novartis Pharma nv-sa, Vilvoorde, Belgium

Agnieszka Ciarka

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Marc Goethals

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, OLV Hospital Aalst, Aalst, Belgium

Steven Droogmans

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Centrum Voor Hart-en Vaatziekten, Jette, Belgium

Michael Maris

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

Affiliation Novartis Pharma nv-sa, Vilvoorde, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following Competing Interests to declare: Dr G. Weijers, Dr A. Ciarka, Dr M. Goethals and Dr S. Droogmans received a consultancy fee from Novartis Pharma Belgium for the interpretation of the results, development of the algorithm and review of the manuscript. Michael Maris and Caroline Verhestraeten are employees of Novartis Pharma Belgium. Daphné Debleu was doing an internship during the development of this project at Novartis Pharma Belgium. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.