About the Authors
- Rachel Geenens
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Research Unit Experimental Cardiac Surgery, Herestraat 49 –Box 7003, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Nele Famaey
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Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300 –Box 2419, BE-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- Andy Gijbels
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Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300 –Box 2419, BE-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- Silke Verhelle
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Research Unit Experimental Cardiac Surgery, Herestraat 49 –Box 7003, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Stefan Vinckier
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Affiliation Department of Oncology–Vesalius Research Centre, KU Leuven–VIB, Herestraat 49 –Box 912, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Jos Vander Sloten
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Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 300 –Box 2419, BE-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- Paul Herijgers
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* E-mail: paul.herijgers@uzleuven.be
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Research Unit Experimental Cardiac Surgery, Herestraat 49 –Box 7003, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RG NF S. Vinckier JV PH. Performed the experiments: RG AG S. Verhelle. Analyzed the data: RG S. Verhelle PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG. Wrote the paper: RG NF S. Verhelle PH.