About the Authors

Jim Pouliopoulos

jim.pouliopoulos@sydney.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

William Chik

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Karen Byth

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Elizabeth Wallace

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Pramesh Kovoor

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Aravinda Thiagalingam

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP. Performed the experiments: AT EW. Analyzed the data: JP KB EW WC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP EW. Wrote the paper: JP WC. Careful review of the manuscript for quality control and to maintain a clinical perspective: PK.