About the Authors

Mohammed A. Samad

Affiliations Cardiovascular Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of BIN Fusion Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

Ui Kyoung Kim

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joshua J. Kang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Qingen Ke

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter M. Kang

pkang@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Cardiovascular Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of BIN Fusion Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

Competing Interests

The study was supported in part by AbbVie. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMK MAS. Performed the experiments: MAS UKK JJK QK. Analyzed the data: MAS UKK QK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAS UKK QK PMK. Wrote the paper: MAS UKK JJK QK PMK.