About the Authors

Farnoosh Motazedian

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, University of Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany

Roya Ostovar

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, University of Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany

Martin Hartrumpf

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, University of Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany

Filip Schröter

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, University of Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany

Johannes M. Albes

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Johannes.albes@immanuelalbertinen.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, University of Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no specific interests exist.