Brook, Joseph
Kim, Min-young
Koutsoftidis, Simos
Pitcher, David
Agha-Jaffar, Danya
Sufi, Annam
Jenkins, Catherine
Tzortzis, Konstantinos
Ma, Suofeiya
Jabbour, Richard J.
Houston, Charles
Handa, Balvinder S.
Li, Xinyang
Chow, Ji-Jian
Jothidasan, Anand
Bristow, Poppy
Perkins, Justin
Harding, Sian
Bharath, Anil A
Ng, Fu Siong
Peters, Nicholas S
Cantwell, Chris D
Chowdhury, Rasheda A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4204-1014
Funding for this research was provided by:
Rosetrees Trust (M645)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R513052/1)
British Heart Foundation (PG/16/17/32069, RE/13/4/30184, RG/16/3/32175)
NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre
St Mary's Coronary Flow Trust
The British Cardiac Trust
Article History
Received: 11 March 2020
Revised: 11 June 2020
Accepted: 6 August 2020
First Online: 1 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Ethical approval for the supply and use of human was obtained (REC reference /LO/1568) and all work was carried out according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki. All applicable national and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals and donor tissue were followed.All animal studies were ethically reviewed and carried out in accordance with ethical standards (European Commission 2010). The protocol was approved by the RVC Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Board. All animals were housed and transported under conditions specified in the UK’s Animal Welfare Act 2006 and The Welfare of Farm Animals (England) Regulations 2007.
: Informed research consent was obtained from each donor family involved in this study.
: All authors have read and consented to the publication of the manuscript. Radnoti glassware images reproduced with permission.