About the Authors

Jacques Rizkallah

Affiliation Department of Medicine, section of Cardiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Megan Jack

Affiliation University of Manitoba Medical School, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Mahwash Saeed

Affiliation Department of Medicine, section of Cardiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Leigh Anne Shafer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Minh Vo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, section of Cardiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

James Tam

JTAM@sbgh.mb.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine, section of Cardiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR MV JT. Performed the experiments: JR MJ MS JT. Analyzed the data: JR MJ MS LS MV JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR MJ MS LS MV JT. Wrote the paper: JR MJ MS LS MV JT.