About the Authors

Theodora Nikolaidou

t.nikolaidou@hull.ac.uk

Current address: Department of Academic Cardiology, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Xue J. Cai

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Robert S. Stephenson

Affiliation School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Joseph Yanni

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Tristan Lowe

Affiliation The Manchester Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Andrew J. Atkinson

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Caroline B. Jones

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Rida Sardar

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Antonio F. Corno

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, University Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia

Halina Dobrzynski

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Philip J. Withers

Affiliation The Manchester Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jonathan C. Jarvis

Affiliation School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

George Hart

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Mark R. Boyett

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN XJC RSS PJW JCJ GH MRB. Performed the experiments: TN XJC RSS JY TL AJA CBJ RS AFC JCJ GH MRB. Analyzed the data: TN XJC RSS TL AJA CBJ RS AFC GH MRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSS JY TL AJA HD. Wrote the paper: TN RSS TL PJW JCJ GH MRB.