About the Authors

Chike C. Nwabuo

cnwabuo1@jhu.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Sydney Morss Dy

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD, United States of America

Kristina Weeks

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

J. Hunter Young

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCN JHY. Performed the experiments: CCN JHY. Analyzed the data: CCN JHY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCN JHY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SMD KW CCN JHY.