About the Authors

Dunja Aksentijević

Current address: King’s College London, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sevasti Zervou

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kiterie M. E. Faller

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Debra J. McAndrew

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jurgen E. Schneider

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stefan Neubauer

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Craig A. Lygate

clygate@well.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA CAL SZ SN. Performed the experiments: DA SZ KMEF DM JES. Analyzed the data: DA KMEF SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA SZ KMEF DM JES CAL SN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DA SZ KMEF JES CAL. Group PI, program grant/funding holder, financed the study/staff involved: SN.