About the Authors

Matthias Mand

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Michelle Holthaus

Roles Investigation, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Helmut R. Lieder

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardioprotection Unit, Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Petra Kleinbongard

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardioprotection Unit, Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Lenard Conradi

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Thorsten Wahlers

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Adnana Paunel-Görgülü

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

adnana.paunel-goerguelue@uk-koeln.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.