About the Authors

Hannah J. Whittington

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Debra J. McAndrew

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rebecca L. Cross

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stefan Neubauer

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Craig A. Lygate

clygate@well.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAL HJW SN. Performed the experiments: HJW CAL DJM RLC. Analyzed the data: HJW CAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJW CAL DJM RLC SN. Wrote the paper: HJW CAL SN. Group PI, program grant/funding holder, financed the study/staff involved: SN.