About the Authors

Hyungdon Kook

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Hee-Dong Kim

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Jaemin Shim

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Young-Hoon Kim

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Jung-Sun Kim

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hui-Nam Pak

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hyun-Jong Lee

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Sejong General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Rak-Kyeong Choi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Sejong General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Woong-Chol Kang

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Gil Hospital, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea

Eun-Seok Shin

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea

Jai-Wun Park

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Charite University Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

Cheol Woong Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

ycw717@naver.com (CWY); dslmd@korea.ac.kr (D-SL)

Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Do-Sun Lim

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ycw717@naver.com (CWY); dslmd@korea.ac.kr (D-SL)

Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

J.-S. K. and J.-W.P. are consultants for the Amplatzer cardiac plug and Amulet, Abbott Vascular, USA and J.-W.P. is a consultant for Occlutech, Jena, Germany. The other authors have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.