About the Authors

Matthew E. Hartman

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jason R. Librande

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ivan O. Medvedev

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Rabiah N. Ahmad

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Farid Moussavi-Harami

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Pritha P. Gupta

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Wei-Ming Chien

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael T. Chin

mtchin@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEH MTC. Performed the experiments: MEH JRL RNA IOM FMH PPG. Analyzed the data: MEH JRL WMC MTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTC. Wrote the paper: MEH JRL IOM RNA FMH PPG WMC MTC.