About the Authors

M. Brzeziński

Affiliation Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

K. Bury

kamilbury@me.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

L. Dąbrowski

Affiliation Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

P. Holak

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Roentgenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland

A. Sejda

Affiliation Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

M. Pawlak

Affiliation Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

D. Jagielak

Affiliation Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Z. Adamiak

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Roentgenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland

J. Rogowski

Affiliation Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Competing Interests

The study was funded by JITMED LTD as a part of JITSOLUTIONS SP ZOO (www.jitsolutions.pl). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB KB DJ JR. Performed the experiments: MB PH JR ZA. Analyzed the data: KB LD AS MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD DJ KB MP. Wrote the paper: KB MB MP.