About the Authors

Mark A. Horsfield

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

José L. Jara

Affiliation Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Nazia P. Saeed

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ronney B. Panerai

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Cardiovascular Sciences, The Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Thompson G. Robinson

tgr2@le.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Cardiovascular Sciences, The Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAH RPB TGR. Performed the experiments: NPS. Analyzed the data: MAH JLJ RBP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAH JLJ. Wrote the paper: MAH JLJ NPS RBP TGR.