About the Authors

Theo Arts

t.arts@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Robert S. Reneman

Affiliations Department of Physiology, CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

James B. Bassingthwaighte

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ger J. van der Vusse

Affiliations Department of Physiology, CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJvdV JBB RSR. Performed the experiments: GJvdV JBB. Analyzed the data: TA JBB GJvdV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA JBB. Wrote the paper: TA GJvdV RSR JBB. Designed the model and performed the simulations: TA.