About the Authors

Xiaoyin Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Lourdes I. Chacon

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America

Ronak Derakhshandeh

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Hilda J. Rodriguez

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Daniel D. Han

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Dmitry S. Kostyushev

Roles Methodology

Current address: National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Timothy D. Henry

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education at The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Jay H. Traverse

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Lem Moyé

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation University of Texas Health School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America

Robert D. Simari

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

Doris A. Taylor

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: RegenMedix Consulting, Houston, TX, United States of America

Affiliation Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America

Matthew L. Springer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

matt.springer@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Taylor holds a financial interest in Miromatrix Medical, Inc. and is entitled to sales royalty through the University of Minnesota and to consulting fees. This relationship has been reviewed and managed by the University of Minnesota and the Texas Heart Institute in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. Dr. Taylor holds a financial interest in Stem Cell Security, which has been reviewed and managed by the Texas Heart Institute in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.