About the Authors

Carolina Caballo

Affiliation Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Marta Palomo

Affiliation Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Aleix Cases

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Ana M. Galán

Affiliation Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Patricia Molina

Affiliation Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Manel Vera

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier Bosch

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Gines Escolar

Affiliation Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Maribel Diaz-Ricart

mdiaz@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Hemotherapy-Hemostasis Department, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC MP GE MDR. Performed the experiments: CC MP PM. Analyzed the data: CC MP PM GE MDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GE MDR. Wrote the paper: CC MDR. Conducted patient recruitment: AC MV. Provided intellectual content to the work and revised the article: AC MV XB GE AMG.