About the Authors

Thiago Artioli

Contributed equally to this work with: Thiago Artioli, Danielle Menosi Gualandro

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, ABC Medical College University Center, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil

Danielle Menosi Gualandro

Contributed equally to this work with: Thiago Artioli, Danielle Menosi Gualandro

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

Affiliations Unidade de Medicina Interdisciplinar em Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, Universitätsspital CH, Basel, Switzerland

Francisco Akira Malta Cardozo

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Unidade de Medicina Interdisciplinar em Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

María Carmen Escalante Rojas

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Unidade de Medicina Interdisciplinar em Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Daniela Calderaro

Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Unidade de Medicina Interdisciplinar em Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Pai Ching Yu

Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Unidade de Medicina Interdisciplinar em Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Ivan Benaduce Casella

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Division, Clinics Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Nelson de Luccia

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Division, Clinics Hospital, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Bruno Caramelli

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

bcaramel@usp.br

Affiliation Unidade de Medicina Interdisciplinar em Cardiologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Thiago Artioli received grant from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) [grant number 2019/17036-4]. Dr. Gualandro received grant from FAPESP and consulting fees from Roche, outside the submitted work. Dr. Francisco Akira Malta Cardozo received honoraria for lectures from Bayer. Dr. Calderaro received payment for lectures from Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo and Janssen; support for attending international meetings: Bayer and Daiichi Sankyo; participation on data safety monitoring board: Bayer. Dr. Ivan Benaduce Casella received consulting fees and honoraria for lectures from Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo and Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Bruno Caramelli received an unrestricted grant from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPQ [grant number 304352/2016-0]. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.