About the Authors

Kenya Kusunose

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Marc S. Penn

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Youhua Zhang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Yuanna Cheng

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

James D. Thomas

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Thomas H. Marwick

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Zoran B. Popović

popoviz@ccf.org

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZBP. Performed the experiments: MSP YZ YC ZBP. Analyzed the data: KK MSP YZ YC JDT THM ZBP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSP YZ YC ZBP JDT. Wrote the paper: KK MSP YZ YC JDT THM ZBP.