About the Authors

Leandro Slipczuk

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

J. Nicolas Codolosa

Affiliation Einstein Institute for Heart and Vascular Health, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carlos D. Davila

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Abel Romero-Corral

Affiliation Einstein Institute for Heart and Vascular Health, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jeong Yun

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregg S. Pressman

Affiliation Einstein Institute for Heart and Vascular Health, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vincent M. Figueredo

FigueredoV@einstein.edu

Affiliations Einstein Institute for Heart and Vascular Health, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS JNC CD ARC GSP VF. Analyzed the data: LS JNC CD ARC GSP VF JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS JNC CD ARC GSP VF. Wrote the manuscript: LS JNC CD ARC GSP VF.