About the Authors

Liesbeth Biesmans

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Niall Macquaide

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Frank R. Heinzel

Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Virginie Bito

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Godfrey L. Smith

Affiliation Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Karin R. Sipido

Karin.Sipido@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM GLS KRS. Performed the experiments: LB FH VB. Analyzed the data: LB NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM GLS KRS. Wrote the paper: LB NM GLS KRS.