About the Authors

Jacques Rizkallah

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Respiratory Division) and the Providence Heart and Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Don D. Sin

don.sin@hli.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Respiratory Division) and the Providence Heart and Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR DDS. Performed the experiments: JR DDS. Analyzed the data: DDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR DDS. Wrote the paper: JR DDS.