About the Authors

Larisa G. Tereshchenko

lteresh1@jhmi.edu

Affiliation The Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott McNitt

Affiliation The Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Lichy Han

Affiliation Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ronald D. Berger

Affiliation The Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wojciech Zareba

Affiliation The Division of Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LT. Performed the experiments: LT LH SM. Analyzed the data: LH SM LT RB WZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH LT WZ SM RB. Wrote the paper: LT LH SM WZ RB.