About the Authors

Marcos Pasarín

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Vincenzo La Mura

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jorge Gracia-Sancho

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Héctor García-Calderó

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Aina Rodríguez-Vilarrupla

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Juan Carlos García-Pagán

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jaime Bosch

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Juan G. Abraldes

jgon@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, CIBERrehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGA MP JB. Performed the experiments: MP HGC. Analyzed the data: MP JGA VLM JGS HGC ARV JCGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB JGA. Wrote the paper: MP JB JGA. Crtitical review of the manuscript for important intellectual content: VLM JGS HGC ARV JCGP.