About the Authors

Anne Marie Thompson

Affiliation Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Kathleen A. Martin

Affiliation Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Eva M. Rzucidlo

eva.m.rzucidlo@hitchcock.org

Affiliation Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMT EMR. Performed the experiments: AMT. Analyzed the data: AMT EMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAM EMR. Wrote the paper: AMT.