About the Authors

Marieke Pluijmert

marieke.pluijmert@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering/Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Wilco Kroon

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering/Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Alessandro C. Rossi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering/Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Peter H. M. Bovendeerd

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Tammo Delhaas

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering/Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACR TD. Performed the experiments: ACR TD. Analyzed the data: MP WK PHMB TD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WK PHMB. Wrote the paper: MP TD PHMB WK ACR.