About the Authors

Robert Novotny

novotny_robert@hotmail.com

Affiliation 2nd Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital & 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Dasa Slizova

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Charles University- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Jaroslav Hlubocky

Affiliation 2nd Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital & 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Otakar Krs

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Charles University- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Jaroslav Spatenka

Affiliation Transplant Center & Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Burkert

Affiliation Transplant Center & Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Radovan Fiala

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty Hospital Motol & 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Petr Mitas

Affiliation 2nd Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital & 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Pavel Mericka

Affiliation Tissue Bank, Faculty Hospital Hradec Kralove, Charles University- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Miroslav Spacek

Affiliation 2nd Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital & 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Zuzana Hlubocka

Affiliation 2nd Internal Department of Cardiology and Angiology, General University Hospital & 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Jaroslav Lindner

Affiliation 2nd Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital & 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RN JH P. Mericka. Data curation: RN JH P. Mitas MS. Formal analysis: DS OK. Investigation: RN JS JB RF. Methodology: RN JH JS. Project administration: RN P. Mericka. Resources: JS DS OK. Supervision: JL JH RN. Validation: RN JH JL. Visualization: RN. Writing – original draft: RN JL P. Mitas JH DS ZH. Writing – review & editing: JL P. Mericka JH DS MS.