About the Authors

Kenta Nakamura

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Kavita Radhakrishnan

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Yat Man Wong

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Stanley G. Rockson

srockson@cvmed.stanford.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KN KR YMW SGR. Performed the experiments: KN KR YMW. Analyzed the data: KN KR YMW SGR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KN SGR. Wrote the paper: KN SGR.