About the Authors

Humberto Choi

Contributed equally to this work with: Humberto Choi, Anne Krantz, Jennifer Smith, William Trick

choih@ccf.org

Affiliation Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Anne Krantz

Contributed equally to this work with: Humberto Choi, Anne Krantz, Jennifer Smith, William Trick

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jennifer Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Humberto Choi, Anne Krantz, Jennifer Smith, William Trick

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William Trick

Contributed equally to this work with: Humberto Choi, Anne Krantz, Jennifer Smith, William Trick

Affiliation Collaborative Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC AK JS WT. Performed the experiments: HC. Analyzed the data: HC WT. Wrote the paper: HC AK JS WT.