About the Authors

Pranitha Kamat

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Stijn Vandenberghe

Current address: Cardiocentro Ticino, Ticino, Switzerland

Affiliation ARTORG Center, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Stephan Christen

Current address: Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Anjan K. Bongoni

Current address: Immunology Research Centre, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Bernhard Meier

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Robert Rieben

robert.rieben@dkf.unibe.ch

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Ahmed A. Khattab

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AAK RR. Formal analysis: PK SV SC AKB. Funding acquisition: RR AAK. Investigation: PK RR AAK. Methodology: PK SV SC AKB BM RR AAK. Project administration: AAK RR. Resources: RR BM AAK. Supervision: BM AAK RR. Validation: BM RR AAK. Visualization: PK RR. Writing – original draft: PK RR AAK. Writing – review & editing: PK SV SC AKB BM RR AAK.