About the Authors

Jiqiu Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiqiu Chen, Seung Koo Lee, Wael R. Abd-Elgaliel

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Seung Koo Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiqiu Chen, Seung Koo Lee, Wael R. Abd-Elgaliel

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wael R. Abd-Elgaliel

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiqiu Chen, Seung Koo Lee, Wael R. Abd-Elgaliel

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lifan Liang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Elisa-Yaniz Galende

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Roger J. Hajjar

Roger.hajjar@mssm.edu (RJH); ctung@tmhs.org (CHT)

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Ching-Hsuan Tung

Roger.hajjar@mssm.edu (RJH); ctung@tmhs.org (CHT)

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC SKL WRAE CHT. Performed the experiments: JC SKL WRAE LL EYG. Analyzed the data: JC SKL WRAE LL EYG RJH CHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC SKL WRAE. Wrote the paper: JC SKL WRAE LL EYG RJH CHT.