About the Authors

Jesse Elliott

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Zemin Bai

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Shu-Ching Hsieh

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Shannon E. Kelly

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Li Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Becky Skidmore

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent Information Specialist, Ottawa, Canada

Said Yousef

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Carine Zheng

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

David J. Stewart

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

George A. Wells

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

gawells@ottawaheart.ca

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BS is a paid information consultant/contractor to the Ottawa Hospital Heart Institute. DS has received personal fees from Roche Canada, Beohringer Ingelheim Canada, Novartis Canada, AstraZeneca Canada, Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada, Exactis, and Pfizer Canada, as well as grants from Celgene, outside of the submitted work. None declared by any other author. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.