About the Authors

Victoria L. M. Herrera

Affiliation Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Khristine A. Pasion

Affiliation Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ann Marie Moran

Affiliation Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nelson Ruiz-Opazo

nruizo@bu.edu

Affiliation Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NRO. Performed the experiments: VLMH KAP AMM. Analyzed the data: VLMH NRO. Wrote the paper: VLMH NRO.