About the Authors

Sophie Carter

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Stéphanie Miard

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Catherine Roy-Bellavance

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Louise Boivin

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Zhuo Li

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Philippe Pibarot

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Patrick Mathieu

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Frédéric Picard

Frederic.Picard@criucpq.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Research Center, Laval University, Québec, Québec City, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC SM CRB LB FP. Performed the experiments: SC SM CRB LB ZL. Analyzed the data: SC PP PM FP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PP PM. Wrote the paper: SC PP PM FP.