About the Authors

Karel-Jan D. F. Lensen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and the Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Alexandre E. Voskuyl

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Conny J. van der Laken

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Emile F. I. Comans

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dirkjan van Schaardenburg

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Institute/Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Alex B. Arntzenius

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Hospital, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

Ton Zwijnenburg

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Spaarne Hospital, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

Frank Stam

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

Michelle Gompelman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

Friso M. v.d. Zant

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands

Anneke Q. A. van Paassen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kennemer Gasthuis, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Bert J. Voerman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Amstelland Hospital, Amstelveen, The Netherlands

Frits Smit

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands

Sander Anten

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands

Carl E. Siegert

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Arjen Binnerts

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Zaans Medical Center, Zaandam, The Netherlands

Yvo M. Smulders

y.smulders@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and the Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL AV CL EC YS. Performed the experiments: KL F. Smit FZ TZ EC. Analyzed the data: KL AV BV MG F. Stam CS AP AA SA DS AB YS. Wrote the paper: KL AV CL EC F. Smit FZ TZ BV MG F. Stam CS AP AA SA DS AB YS.