About the Authors
- Heidi Lederer
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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
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Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lederer, Bettina Muggli
Affiliation Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Rudolf Speich
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Affiliation Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Ula Treder
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Affiliation Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Hans Stricker
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Affiliation Ospedale La Carità, Via all' Ospedale, Locarno, Switzerland
- Jeroen Goede
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Affiliation Department of Hematolgy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Silvia Ulrich
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Affiliation Zurich Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Clinic for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Simon F. Stämpfli
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Affiliation Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Alexander Breitenstein
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* E-mail: 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.