About the Authors

Lufang Zhou

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Miguel A. Aon

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Tabish Almas

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sonia Cortassa

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Raimond L. Winslow

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Brian O'Rourke

bor@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ MAA RLW BO. Performed the experiments: LZ MAA. Analyzed the data: LZ MAA BO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ TA SC RLW BO. Wrote the paper: LZ BO.