About the Authors

Colleen Marie Bartman

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Yoshimasa Oyama

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan

Kelley Brodsky

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Ludmila Khailova

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Lori Walker

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Michael Koeppen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Tobias Eckle

tobias.eckle@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Data curation: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Formal analysis: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Funding acquisition: CB TE. Investigation: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Methodology: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Project administration: CB TE. Resources: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Supervision: CB TE. Validation: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Visualization: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE. Writing – original draft: CB TE. Writing – review & editing: CB YO KB LK LW MK TE.