About the Authors

Oluwatoyin Akande

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Qun Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Stefano Toldo

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Edward J. Lesnefsky

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

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America, Medical Service, McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Mohammed Quader

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

mohammed.quader@vcuhealth.org

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America, Department of Surgery, McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.