About the Authors

Radmila Lyubarova

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Brandon K. Itagaki

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael W. Itagaki

mitagaki@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL BKI MWI. Performed the experiments: RL BKI MWI. Analyzed the data: RL BKI MWI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL BKI MWI. Wrote the paper: RL BKI MWI.