1 Department III of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
3 Department of Pathology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
4 Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany.
5 DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
6 Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Heart Center Lübeck, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany. [email protected].
7 DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. [email protected].