About the Authors

Heidi Lederer

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lederer, Bettina Muggli

Affiliation Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Bettina Muggli

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lederer, Bettina Muggli

Affiliation Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Rudolf Speich

Affiliation Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ula Treder

Affiliation Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Hans Stricker

Affiliation Ospedale La Carità, Via all' Ospedale, Locarno, Switzerland

Jeroen Goede

Affiliation Department of Hematolgy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Silvia Ulrich

Affiliation Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Simon F. Stämpfli

Affiliation Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Alexander Breitenstein

alexander.breitenstein@usz.ch

Affiliations Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Dr. Breitenstein received educational funding from Actelion Switzerland. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS policies on data sharing and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL BM RS UT HS JG SU SFS AB. Performed the experiments: HL BM. Analyzed the data: HL BM RS UT HS JG SU SFS AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL BM UT. Wrote the paper: HL BM RS UT HS JG SU SFS AB.