About the Authors

Sandra Arvidsson

sandra.gustavsson@umu.se

Affiliations Department of Clinical Physiology, Heart Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Björn Pilebro

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Heart Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Per Westermark

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Per Lindqvist

Affiliations Department of Clinical Physiology, Heart Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Ole B. Suhr

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OBS PL SA BP. Performed the experiments: SA BP PW. Analyzed the data: SA BP PL OBS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA PL PW. Wrote the paper: SA BP PW PL OBS.