About the Authors

Yu-Xin Cui

yx.cui@bristol.ac.uk (YXC); madeddu@yahoo.com (PM)

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Tom Johnson

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Andreas Baumbach

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Barnaby C. Reeves

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Chris A. Rogers

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Gianni D. Angelini

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Debbie Marsden

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Paolo Madeddu

yx.cui@bristol.ac.uk (YXC); madeddu@yahoo.com (PM)

Affiliation Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YXC PM. Performed the experiments: YXC. Analyzed the data: YXC PM BCR CAR. Wrote the paper: YXC PM. Patient consent and blood sample collection: TJ AB GDA DM.