About the Authors

Anna Franzone

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Franzone, Serge Zaugg

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Serge Zaugg

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Franzone, Serge Zaugg

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

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

Raffaele Piccolo

Roles Writing – original draft

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

Maria Grazia Modena

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Policlinico Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Ghada W. Mikhail

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Josepa Mauri Ferré

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Invasive Cardiology Unit, Badalona, Spain

Ruth Strasser

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation University of Dresden, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Centre, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany

Liliana Grinfeld

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Hospital Italiano, Invasive Cardiology Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dik Heg

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision

Affiliations Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Peter Jüni

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

peter.juni@utoronto.ca

Affiliation Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Stephan Windecker

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

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

Marie-Claude Morice

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Paris, France

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Windecker has received research grants to the institution from Abbott, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Biosensors, Medtronic, Edwards, and St Jude. J. Mauri has received research grants from Abbott Vascular. Peter Jüni has received research grants to the institution from Astra Zeneca, Biotronik, Biosensors International, Eli Lilly and The Medicines Company, and serves as unpaid member of the steering group of trials funded by Astra Zeneca, Biotronik, Biosensors, St. Jude Medical and The Medicines Company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.