About the Authors

Katja Bøhling Dybdahl

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Katjabohling@hotmail.com

Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Mathilde Bernal

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Marie Dahl

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Vascular Research Unit, Department of Vascular Surgery, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

DANCAVAS trialists

Membership of the DANCAVAS trialists is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Cardiology, Little Belt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark, Department of Cardiology, Diagnostic Centre, Regional Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark, Department of Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Lasse M. Obel

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Elite Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Disease (CIMA), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Jes Sanddal Lindholt

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Elite Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Disease (CIMA), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Joachim S. Skovbo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Elite Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Disease (CIMA), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.