About the Authors

Christopher Vollmers

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Vollmers, Iwijn De Vlaminck

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Iwijn De Vlaminck

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Vollmers, Iwijn De Vlaminck

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, California, United States of America

Hannah A. Valantine

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Lolita Penland

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Helen Luikart

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Calvin Strehl

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Garrett Cohen

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Kiran K. Khush

kiran@stanford.edu (KKK); quake@stanford.edu (SRQ)

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Stephen R. Quake

kiran@stanford.edu (KKK); quake@stanford.edu (SRQ)

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

CV, IDV, and SRQ have a patent S14-048 (STAN-1110PRV) 61/951,908: Provisional Application pending. HAV, HL, CS, GC, and KKK have nothing to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CV IDV SRQ HAV KKK. Performed the experiments: CV IDV HL CS GC LP. Analyzed the data: CV IDV. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: CV IDV SRQ KKK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CV IDV SRQ KKK HAV HL CS LP GC. Enrolled patients: HAV HL CS GC KKK. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: CV IDV SRQ KKK HAV HL CS LP GC. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.