About the Authors

Maria Alieva

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain

Juli R. Bagó

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain

Elisabet Aguilar

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain

Carolina Soler-Botija

Affiliation Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Olaia F. Vila

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain

Joan Molet

Affiliation Neurosurgery Unit, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Sanjiv S. Gambhir

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The Bio-X Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Nuria Rubio

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain

Jerónimo Blanco

jblancof@csic-iccc.org

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB MA NR JRB JM SSG. Performed the experiments: MA JRB EA CS. Analyzed the data: MA JB NR OFV JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA OFV JB JM. Wrote the paper: MA JB NR SSG.