About the Authors

Vladimir Radulovic

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Hematology and Coagulation Disorders, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Anna Laffin

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Kenny M. Hansson

Affiliation AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden

Erika Backlund

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Fariba Baghaei

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Hematology and Coagulation Disorders, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Anders Jeppsson

anders.jeppsson@vgregion.se

Affiliations Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

AstraZeneca provided support in the form of salaries for KMH. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VR KMH FB AJ. Performed the experiments: VR AL EB. Analyzed the data: VR KMH FB AJ. Wrote the paper: VR AL KMH EB FB AJ.