About the Authors

Øivind Ørstavik

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Ornella Manfra

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Kjetil Wessel Andressen

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Geir Øystein Andersen

Affiliations Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Tor Skomedal

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Jan-Bjørn Osnes

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Finn Olav Levy

f.o.levy@medisin.uio.no

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Kurt Allen Krobert

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ØØ OM KWA TS JBO FOL KAK. Performed the experiments: ØØ OM. Analyzed the data: ØØ OM KWA KAK TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FOL KWA TS. Wrote the paper: ØØ KWA FOL GØA KAK TS JBO.