About the Authors

Oshrat Raz

oshratra@clalit.org.il

Affiliations Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Jabotinsky St, Petah- Tikva, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Dorit L. Lev

Affiliations The Felsenstein Medical Research Institute, Petah-Tikva, Israel, Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Jabotinsky St, Petah- Tikva, Israel

Alexander Battler

Affiliation Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Eli I. Lev

Affiliations The Felsenstein Medical Research Institute, Petah-Tikva, Israel, Cardiology Department, Rabin Medical Center, Jabotinsky St, Petah- Tikva, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OR DL AB EL. Performed the experiments: OR DL. Analyzed the data: OR DL AB EL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB EL. Wrote the paper: OR AB EL.