About the Authors

Elad Asher

el.asher@gmail.com

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Arsalan Abu-Much

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ilan Goldenberg

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Amit Segev

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Avi Sabbag

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Israel Mazin

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Meital Shlezinger

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Shaul Atar

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel

Doron Zahger

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba, Israel

Arthur Polak

Affiliation Heart Institute, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Roy Beigel

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Shlomi Matetzky

Affiliation Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Platelets and Thrombosis in Sheba-PLATIS Study Group

Membership of the Platelets and Thrombosis in Sheba-PLATIS Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA AA IG. Performed the experiments: EA. Analyzed the data: A. Segev A. Sabbag IM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IG MS SA. Wrote the paper: EA SM IG. Quality analysis and manuscript proofing: DZ AP RB.