About the Authors

John Walmsley

j.walmsley@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Theo Arts

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Nicolas Derval

Affiliation Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, IHU-LIRYC, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Pierre Bordachar

Affiliation Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, IHU-LIRYC, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Hubert Cochet

Affiliation Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, IHU-LIRYC, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Sylvain Ploux

Affiliation Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, IHU-LIRYC, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Frits W. Prinzen

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Tammo Delhaas

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Joost Lumens

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, IHU-LIRYC, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that, beyond the funding listed above, no relevant competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW ND PB TA FWP TD JL. Performed the experiments: JW ND HC PB SP. Analyzed the data: JW TA JL ND HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA JL ND PB HC SP. Wrote the paper: JW TA ND PB HC SP FWP TD JL.