About the Authors

Sara Vandenwijngaert

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Peter Pokreisz

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Hadewich Hermans

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Hilde Gillijns

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Marijke Pellens

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Noortje A. M. Bax

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Giulia Coppiello

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Wouter Oosterlinck

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Agnes Balogh

Affiliation Division of Clinical Physiology, Institute of Cardiology, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary

Zoltan Papp

Affiliation Division of Clinical Physiology, Institute of Cardiology, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary

Carlijn V. C. Bouten

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Jozef Bartunek

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Cardiovascular Center, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium

Jan D'hooge

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Aernout Luttun

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Erik Verbeken

Affiliation Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Marie Christine Herregods

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Paul Herijgers

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Kenneth D. Bloch

Affiliation Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stefan Janssens

stefan.janssens@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV PP NAMB AB ZP CVCB JB KDB SJ. Performed the experiments: SV PP HG MP NAMB WO AB. Analyzed the data: SV PP HH NAMB WO AB ZP CVCB JB MCH PH KDB SJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH NAMB GC WO AB ZP CVCB JB JD AL EV MCH PH. Wrote the paper: SV JB KDB SJ.