About the Authors

Anja Stundl

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Hannah Lucht

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Jasmin Shamekhi

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Marcel Weber

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Alexander Sedaghat

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Fritz Mellert

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Eberhard Grube

Roles Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Georg Nickenig

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Nikos Werner

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Jan-Malte Sinning

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

jan-malte.sinning@ukbonn.de

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Heart Center Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

Drs. Sinning, Grube, Nickenig, and Werner receive research grants and speaker honoraria from Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, and Boston Scientific. Dr. Grube works as proctor for Medtronic and Boston Scientific. The other authors report no conflicts. Given the fact that the study was financed by a research grant from Boston Scientific, but neither Boston Scientific nor any other company had any additional role in the research or results in any manner, this commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to all PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.