About the Authors

Foad Kabinejadian

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1107 Carl A. Gerstacker Building, 2200 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States of America

Michael McElroy

Affiliation Engineering and Materials Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom

Andres Ruiz-Soler

Affiliation Engineering and Materials Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom

Hwa Liang Leo

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Block E4 #04–08, Singapore, 117583, Singapore

Mark A. Slevin

Affiliation Healthcare Science Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom

Lina Badimon

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (UAB), C/Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, 08025, Barcelona, Spain

Amir Keshmiri

a.keshmiri@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliations Engineering and Materials Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AK FK. Data curation: AK FK. Formal analysis: AK FK. Funding acquisition: AK. Investigation: LB MS HLL AK. Methodology: FK ARS AK. Project administration: AK. Resources: LB HLL AK. Software: FK MM ARS. Supervision: AK. Validation: MM ARS. Visualization: ARS MM FK. Writing – original draft: AK FK. Writing – review & editing: LB MS HLL.