About the Authors
- Kristy L. Cloyd
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Affiliations Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Ismail El-Hamamsy
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Affiliation Division of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Suwimon Boonrungsiman
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Affiliations Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Martin Hedegaard
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Affiliations Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Eileen Gentleman
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Affiliations Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Padmini Sarathchandra
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Affiliation Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
- Francesca Colazzo
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Affiliation Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
- Molly M. Gentleman
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Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Magdi H. Yacoub
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Affiliation Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
- Adrian H. Chester
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Affiliation Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
- Molly M. Stevens
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* E-mail: m.stevens@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliations Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KLC IE EG MHY AHC MMS. Performed the experiments: KLC IE SB EG PS FC MMG. Analyzed the data: KLC IE SB MH EG FC MMG AHC MMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLC IE MH EG MMG MHY AHC MMS. Wrote the paper: KLC.