About the Authors

William Toppen

Affiliation UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Daniel Johansen

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sohail Sareh

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Josue Fernandez

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nancy Satou

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Komal D. Patel

Affiliation UCLA Department of Anesthesia and Preoperative Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Murray Kwon

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

William Suh

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Olcay Aksoy

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Richard J. Shemin

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Peyman Benharash

PBenharash@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

William Suh has previously received honoraria from Edwards Lifesciences; however, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: WT SS RS PB. Data curation: WT SS JF DJ NS KP WS OA RS PB MK. Formal analysis: WT SS PB DJ. Investigation: WT SS PB. Methodology: WT SS JF KP WS OA RS PB MK. Project administration: WS OA RS PB. Resources: JF NS KP WS OA RS PB MK. Supervision: KP WS OA RS PB NS. Validation: WT SS DJ NS RS PB MK. Visualization: WT SS JF DJ. Writing – original draft: WT SS JF DJ PB. Writing – review & editing: WT SS JF DJ KP WS MK OA RS PB.