About the Authors

Bronislava Bashinskaya

Affiliations Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine (Cardiology Division), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brian V. Nahed

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery Division), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brian P. Walcott

walcott.brian@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery Division), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jean-Valery C. E. Coumans

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery Division), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Oyere K. Onuma

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine (Cardiology Division), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB JVC BPW. Performed the experiments: BB OKO JVC BPW. Analyzed the data: BB JVC OKO BVN BPW. Wrote the paper: BB OKO BVN JVC BPW.