About the Authors

Jonathan C. Schisler

Affiliation McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Peter C. Charles

Affiliations McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Joel S. Parker

Affiliation Expression Analysis, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Eleanor G. Hilliard

Affiliation McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sabeen Mapara

Affiliation McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Dane Meredith

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert E. Lineberger

Affiliation McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Samuel S. Wu

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian D. Alder

Affiliation School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

George A. Stouffer

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Cam Patterson

cpatters@med.unc.edu

Affiliations McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCC GAS CP. Performed the experiments: PCC EGH SM DM SSW BDA. Analyzed the data: JCS PCC JSP REL BDA CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSP GAS CP. Wrote the paper: JCS PCC JSP EGH REL CP.