About the Authors

Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Boyce E. Griffith

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Neelesh A. Patankar

n-patankar@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APSB NAP. Performed the experiments: APSB. Analyzed the data: APSB NAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APSB BEG NAP. Wrote the paper: APSB BEG NAP.