About the Authors

Luciano F. Drager

luciano.drager@incor.usp.br

Affiliations Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Heno F. Lopes

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Cristiane Maki-Nunes

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Ivani C. Trombetta

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Edgar Toschi-Dias

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Janieire N. N. Alves

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Raffael F. Fraga

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Jonathan C. Jun

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Carlos E. Negrão

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Eduardo M. Krieger

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Vsevolod Y. Polotsky

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho

Affiliation Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LFD HL GLF. Performed the experiments: LFD CMN IT ETD MJA RF. Analyzed the data: LFD HL JJ EK VYP GLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL CMN IT ETD MJA RF CN. Wrote the paper: LFD JJ CN EK VYP GLF.