About the Authors

Jason C. Siegler

Affiliation Department of Sport, Health & Exercise Science, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Shafiq Rehman

Affiliation Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Geetha P. Bhumireddy

Affiliation Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Raushan Abdula

Affiliation Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Igor Klem

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sorin J. Brener

Affiliation Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Leonard Lee

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Christopher C. Dunbar

Affiliations Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Barry Saul

Affiliation Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Terrence J. Sacchi

Affiliation Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

John F. Heitner

john.heitner@gmail.com

Affiliation Division Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IK JFH. Performed the experiments: CCD. Analyzed the data: SR GPB RA SJB LL BS JFH. Wrote the paper: JCS GPB. Final approval of the article: IK SJB LL BS TJS JFH. Critical revision of the article: TJS JFH.