About the Authors

Matthew C. Tattersall

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ronald E. Gangnon

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kunal N. Karmali

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael W. Cullen

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

James H. Stein

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jon G. Keevil

jgk@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT JK KK MC JS RG. Performed the experiments: MT JK KK MC JS RG. Analyzed the data: MT RG JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT JK KK MC JS RG. Wrote the paper: MT JK KK MC JS RG.