About the Authors

Willemien L. Verloop

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Lisette E. G. Hubens

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Wilko Spiering

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Pieter A. Doevendans

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Roel Goldschmeding

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Ronald L. A. W. Bleys

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Michiel Voskuil

m.voskuil@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WLV LEGH RG RLAWB MV. Performed the experiments: WLV LEGH RG RLAWB MV. Analyzed the data: WLV PAD RG RLAWB MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WLV LEGH WS RG RLAWB. Wrote the paper: WLV LEGH WS PAD RG RLAWB MV.