About the Authors

Jussi Jaakkola

Affiliation Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Pirjo Mustonen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Keski-Suomi Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland

Tuomas Kiviniemi

Affiliation Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Juha E. K. Hartikainen

Affiliation Heart Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Antti Palomäki

Affiliation Heart Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Päivi Hartikainen

Affiliation Neurocenter, Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Ilpo Nuotio

Affiliation Division of Medicine, Department of Acute Internal Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Antti Ylitalo

Affiliation Heart Center, Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland

K. E. Juhani Airaksinen

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.