About the Authors

Richard A. Washburn

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Amanda N. Szabo

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Kate Lambourne

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Erik A. Willis

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Lauren T. Ptomey

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Jeffery J. Honas

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Stephen D. Herrmann

Affiliation Sanford Research, Department of Children's Health Research Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States of America

Joseph E. Donnelly

jdonnelly@ku.edu

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

JD and RW are investigators of individual trials included in this review. The authors declare that they have no other competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JED. Analyzed the data: ANS KL EAW LTP JJH SDH. Wrote the paper: RAW JED.