About the Authors

Tanja Sofrenovic

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Kimberly McEwan

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Suzanne Crowe

Affiliation Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Jenelle Marier

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Robbie Davies

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Erik J. Suuronen

dkuraitis@ottawaheart.ca (DK); esuuronen@ottawaheart.ca (ES)

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Drew Kuraitis

dkuraitis@ottawaheart.ca (DK); esuuronen@ottawaheart.ca (ES)

Affiliations Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS ES DK. Performed the experiments: TS KM SC JM. Analyzed the data: TS KM RD DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS KM SC JM RD. Wrote the paper: TS ES DK.