About the Authors

Marc E. Seaman

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Shayn M. Peirce

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Kimberly Kelly

kak3x@virginia.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MES SMP KK. Performed the experiments: MES. Analyzed the data: MES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MES SMP KK. Wrote the paper: MES. Edited the manuscript: MES SMP KK.