About the Authors

R. Jay Widmer

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Woo-Young Chung

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Joerg Herrmann

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Kyra L. Jordan

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Lilach O. Lerman

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Amir Lerman

lerman.amir@mayo.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJW WYC KLJ AL. Performed the experiments: RJW WYC. Analyzed the data: RJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLJ LOL AL. Wrote the paper: RJW JH LOL AL.