About the Authors

Adroaldo Baseggio Mallmann

Affiliation Universidade de Passo Fundo- School of Medicine, Passo Fundo, Brazil

Sandra Costa Fuchs

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Cardiology; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Miguel Gus

mgus@terra.com.br

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Flávio Danni Fuchs

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Leila Beltrami Moreira

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Cardiology; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABM LBM. Performed the experiments: ABM. Analyzed the data: SCF LBM MG FDF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABM. Wrote the paper: SCF FDF MG LBM.