About the Authors

Christopher I. Price

c.i.m.price@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health (Stroke Research Group), Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Victoria Rae

Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Jay Duckett

Affiliation North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Ruth Wood

Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Joanne Gray

Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Peter McMeekin

Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Helen Rodgers

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health (Stroke Research Group), Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Karen Portas

Affiliation North of England Cardiovascular Network, Darlington, United Kingdom

Gary A. Ford

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health (Stroke Research Group), Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP VR JD RW JG PM HR KP GF. Performed the experiments: CP VR RW KP JD. Analyzed the data: CP RW JG PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW VR KP JD. Wrote the manuscript: CP VR RW JG PM HR KP GF.