About the Authors

Brendan N. Putko

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Zuocheng Wang

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jennifer Lo

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Todd Anderson

Affiliation Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Harald Becher

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jason R. B. Dyck

Affiliations Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Zamaneh Kassiri

Affiliations Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Gavin Y. Oudit

gavin.oudit@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

on behalf of the Alberta HEART Investigators

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BNP ZW JL GYO. Performed the experiments: BNP ZW JL. Analyzed the data: BNP ZW JL HB GYO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD ZK GYO. Wrote the paper: BNP ZW JL TA JD ZK GYO. Contributed critical review and insight into data analysis: TA HB JD ZK GYO. Facilitated patient data acquisition: TA JD.