About the Authors

Dharambir K. Sanghera

Dharambir-sanghera@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Latonya F. Been

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Sarju Ralhan

Affiliation Section of Cardiology, Hero DMC Heart Institute, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Gurpreet S. Wander

Affiliation Section of Cardiology, Hero DMC Heart Institute, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Narinder K. Mehra

Affiliation Department of Transplant Immunology and Immuno-genetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India

Jai Rup Singh

Affiliation Central University, Bathinda, Punjab, India

Robert E. Ferrell

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mohammed I. Kamboh

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher E. Aston

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DKS REF MIK. Performed the experiments: LFB. Analyzed the data: CEA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKS CEA LFB. Wrote the paper: DKS SR GSW NKM JRS REF MIK LFB CEA. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)'s Mammalian Genotyping Service (Contract Number HV48141) performed genotyping for this study.