About the Authors

Mariana Fernández-Caggiano

Affiliation Cardiac Biomarkers Group, Research Unit, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

Javier Barallobre-Barreiro

Affiliation Cardiac Biomarkers Group, Research Unit, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

Ignacio Rego-Pérez

Affiliation Genomic Lab, Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

María G. Crespo-Leiro

Affiliations Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Cardiology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, Spanish Cardiovascular Research Network (RECAVA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

María Jesus Paniagua

Affiliations Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Cardiology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, Spanish Cardiovascular Research Network (RECAVA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Zulaika Grillé

Affiliations Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Cardiology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, Spanish Cardiovascular Research Network (RECAVA), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Francisco J. Blanco

Affiliation Genomic Lab, Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

Nieves Doménech

nieves.domenech.garcia@sergas.es

Affiliation Cardiac Biomarkers Group, Research Unit, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFC JBB ND. Performed the experiments: MFC. Analyzed the data: MFC JBB IRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IRP MCL MP ZG FB. Wrote the paper: MFC ND.