Becher, Peter Moritz http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1221-7015
Goßling, Alina
Schrage, Benedikt
Twerenbold, Raphael
Fluschnik, Nina
Seiffert, Moritz
Bernhardt, Alexander M.
Reichenspurner, Hermann
Blankenberg, Stefan
Westermann, Dirk
Article History
Received: 15 March 2020
Accepted: 25 May 2020
First Online: 5 June 2020
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: The authors designed the study, analyzed the data, vouch for the data, wrote the paper, and decided to publish. Analysis provided by the Research Data Center of the Federal Bureau of Statistics, Wiesbaden, Germany. All authors have read and approved the manuscript. The manuscript and its contents have not been published previously and are not being considered for publications elsewhere in whole or in part in any language, including publicly accessible web sites or e-print servers.Dr. Twerenbold received research support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (P300PB_167803), the University Hospital Basel, the University of Basel, and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Basel, as well as speaker honoraria/consulting honoraria from Abbott, Brahms, Siemens, Singulex, and Roche.Dr. Westermann received honorary from Astra-Zeneca, Bayer, BöhringerIngelheim, Berlin-Chemie, and Novartis.Dr. Schrage received speaker’s fee from AstraZeneca and is currently funded by the German Research Foundation.