About the Authors

Joshua M. Spin

jspin@cvmed.stanford.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Thomas Quertermous

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Philip S. Tsao

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMS TQ PST. Performed the experiments: JMS. Analyzed the data: JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMS. Wrote the paper: JMS.