About the Authors
- C. Michael Dunham
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* E-mail: dunham.michael@sbcglobal.net
Affiliation Trauma/Critical Care Services, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America
- David A. Hoffman
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America
- Gregory S. Huang
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Affiliation Trauma/Critical Care Services, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America
- Laurel A. Omert
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Affiliation CSL Behring, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- David J. Gemmel
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Affiliation Medical Education and Statistics, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America
- Renee Merrell
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Affiliation Trauma/Critical Care Services, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Omert is a former employee of the Haemonetics Corporation and a current employee of CSL Behring. Dr. Hoffman is on the advisory boards of CardioDX and AstraZeneca. The authors declare that these affiliations have not caused any bias in conception and design of the study, data interpretation, content of the original submitted manuscript, or any statement in the revised manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CMD DAH GSH RM. Performed the experiments: CMD RM. Analyzed the data: CMD DAH GSH LAO DJG RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMD. Wrote the paper: CMD DAH GSH LAO DJG RM.