About the Authors
- William Toppen
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Affiliation UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Daniel Johansen
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Sohail Sareh
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Josue Fernandez
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Nancy Satou
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Komal D. Patel
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Affiliation UCLA Department of Anesthesia and Preoperative Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Murray Kwon
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- William Suh
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Olcay Aksoy
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Richard J. Shemin
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Affiliation UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Peyman Benharash
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* E-mail: 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.