About the Authors

António Fiarresga

a.fiarresga@gmail.com

Affiliations Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal, Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Márcia F. Mata

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Sandra Cavaco-Gonçalves

Affiliation National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Oeiras, Portugal

Mafalda Selas

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal

Irina N. Simões

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Eunice Oliveira

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal

Belmira Carrapiço

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Nuno Cardim

Affiliation Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Joaquim M. S. Cabral

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Rui Cruz Ferreira

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal

Cláudia L. da Silva

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF MFM INS CLS. Performed the experiments: AF MFM SCG MS INS EO BC CLS. Analyzed the data: AF MFM SCG INS BC NC JMSC RCF CLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF MFM SCG MS INS EO BC CLS. Wrote the paper: AF MFM SCG INS BC CLS.