About the Authors

Tara L. Rasmussen

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Xiaozhong Shi

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Alicia Wallis

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Junghun Kweon

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Katie M. Zirbes

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Naoko Koyano-Nakagawa

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Daniel J. Garry

garry@umn.edu

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLR XS AW NKN DJG. Performed the experiments: TLR XS AW JK KMZ NKN. Analyzed the data: TLR XS NKN DJG. Wrote the paper: TLR NKN DJG.