About the Authors

Erika Jones

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Janet Wei

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Michael D. Nelson

Roles Investigation, Visualization

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

May Bakir

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Puja K. Mehta

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Chrisandra Shufelt

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Margo Minissian

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Behzad Sharif

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Carl J. Pepine

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Eileen Handberg

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Galen Cook-Wiens

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

George Sopko

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

C. Noel Bairey Merz

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Noel.BaireyMerz@cshs.org

Affiliation Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Mehta has received research grants from Gilead and General Electric. Dr. Handberg receives research grants from Aastrom Biosciences, Amorcyte, Biocardia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Capricor, Cytori Therapeutics, Department of Defense, Direct Flow Medical, Duke Clinical Research Institute, East Carolina University, Everyfit Inc., Medtronic, Merck & Co., Mesoblast, National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIH through University of Rochester, NIH through Brigham and Women’s Health, NIH through University of Texas, PCORI, and Sanofi Aventis; Research grant and educational grant from Gilead Sciences; Unrestricted educational grants for the Vascular Biology Working Group from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Ionis, and Relypsa; and Consultant fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Dr. Bairey Merz serves as Board of Director for iRhythm, receieves personal fees paid through CSMC from Abbott Diagnostics, Sanofi. Dr. Pepine receives support from the NIH NHLBI--HL087366 (UFRCC for the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network), HL132448 (Brain-Gut Microbiome-Immune Axis in Hypertension), HL033610 (Angiotensin and Neuroimmune Activation in Hypertension), and HL146158 (WISE HFpEF); the Gatorade Trust through funds distributed by the University of Florida, Department of Medicine; NIH NCATS—University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science UL1TR001427; PCORnet-OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium CDRN-1501- 26692; and US Dept. of Defense PR161603 (WARRIOR). This does not affect our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on data and materials sharing. There are no patents, marketed products, or products in development to declare.