About the Authors
- Mona Shalwala
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Affiliations VCU Pauley Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Shu-Guang Zhu
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Affiliations VCU Pauley Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China
- Anindita Das
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Affiliation VCU Pauley Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Fadi N. Salloum
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Affiliation VCU Pauley Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Lei Xi
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Affiliation VCU Pauley Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Rakesh C. Kukreja
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* E-mail: rakesh@vcu.edu
Affiliation VCU Pauley Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors declare that all of the co-authors including Rakesh Kukreja, Anindita Das and Fadi Salloum are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. Also, the authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AD FNS LX RCK. Performed the experiments: MS SGZ AD FNS. Analyzed the data: MS SGZ AD FNS LX. Wrote the paper: MS LX RCK.