About the Authors

Dhananjay P. Kunte

Affiliation Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Mart DelaCruz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Ramesh K. Wali

Affiliation Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Ashwaty Menon

Affiliation Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Hongyan Du

Affiliation Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Yolanda Stypula

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Amir Patel

Affiliation Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Vadim Backman

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Hemant K. Roy

h-roy@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPK HKR. Performed the experiments: DPK RKW MD AM AP YS. Analyzed the data: DPK HD VB HKR. Wrote the paper: HKR DPK.