About the Authors

Kirsi Penttinen

Contributed equally to this work with: Kirsi Penttinen, Heikki Swan

Affiliations BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Heikki Swan

Contributed equally to this work with: Kirsi Penttinen, Heikki Swan

Affiliation Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Sari Vanninen

Affiliation Heart Hospital, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Jere Paavola

Affiliation Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland

Annukka M. Lahtinen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Kimmo Kontula

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Katriina Aalto-Setälä

katriina.aalto-setala@uta.fi

Affiliations BioMediTech, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Heart Hospital, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP HS KK KAS. Performed the experiments: KP HS SV AML KAS. Analyzed the data: KP HS JP KAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAS. Wrote the paper: KP HS SV JP AML KK KAS.