About the Authors

Dennis Ladage

dennis.ladage@mssm.edu

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Elisa Yaniz-Galende

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

Kleopatra Rapti

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

Kiyotake Ishikawa

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

Lisa Tilemann

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

Scott Shapiro

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

Yoshiaki Takewa

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

Jochen Muller-Ehmsen

Affiliation Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Martin Schwarz

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

Mario J. Garcia

Affiliation Cardiovascular Imaging, Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Javier Sanz

Affiliation Cardiovascular Imaging, Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, New York, United States of America

Roger J. Hajjar

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

Yoshiaki Kawase

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL MJG JS RJH YK. Performed the experiments: DL EYG KR KI LT SS. Analyzed the data: DL JME MS YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT MJG JS. Wrote the paper: DL MS RJH YK.