About the Authors

Hanna M. Björck

hanna.bjorck@ki.se

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Johan Renner

Affiliations Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Division of Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Shohreh Maleki

Affiliation Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden

Siv F. E. Nilsson

Affiliation Division of Drug Research, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Johan Kihlberg

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Division of Radiology, University Hospital in Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

Lasse Folkersen

Affiliation Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden

Matts Karlsson

Affiliations Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Division of Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Tino Ebbers

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Division of Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Per Eriksson

Affiliation Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden

Toste Länne

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, University Hospital in Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMB SN TE PE TL. Performed the experiments: HMB JR JK TE. Analyzed the data: HMB JR SM LF PE TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMB JR SN LF MK TE PE TL. Wrote the paper: HMB JR SM JK LF TE. Critical revision of the final version of the manuscript: HMB JR SM SN JK LF MK TE PE TL. Approved the final version of the manuscript: HMB JR SM SN JK LF MK TE PE TL.