About the Authors
- Jussi Jaakkola
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Affiliation Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Pirjo Mustonen
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Keski-Suomi Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
- Tuomas Kiviniemi
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Affiliation Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Juha E. K. Hartikainen
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Affiliation Heart Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Antti Palomäki
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Affiliation Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Päivi Hartikainen
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Affiliation Neurocenter, Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Ilpo Nuotio
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Affiliation Division of Medicine, Department of Acute Internal Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
- Antti Ylitalo
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Affiliation Heart Center, Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland
- K. E. Juhani Airaksinen
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* E-mail: juhani.airaksinen@tyks.fi
Affiliation Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Competing Interests
the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Pirjo Mustonen received lecture fees from Orion, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis and Leo Pharma, and membership of the advisory boards for Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Leo Pharma. Tuomas Kiviniemi received grants from the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, and lectures fees from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS/Pfizer, AstraZeneca and St Jude Medical. K.E. Juhani Airaksinen received grants from the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, and lecture fees from Astra Zeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cardiome, MSD, Novartis and Pfizer. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: PM TK JEKH PH IN AY KEJA. Formal analysis: JJ IN. Funding acquisition: PM TK JEKH PH KEJA. Investigation: JJ AP IN. Supervision: PM TK JEKH PH KEJA. Writing – original draft: JJ PM TK JEKH AP PH IN AY KEJA. Writing – review & editing: JJ PM TK JEKH AP PH IN AY KEJA.