About the Authors

Radek Bukowski

rkbukows@utmb.edu

Affiliation Medical Branch, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Karen E. Davis

Affiliation Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Peter W. F. Wilson

Affiliation Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB. Performed the experiments: RB KD. Analyzed the data: RB KD PW. Wrote the paper: RB KD PW.