About the Authors

Martin Connock

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

Affiliation Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Peter Auguste

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Jean-François Obadia

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire et Transplantation Cardiaque, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France

Lazaros Andronis

Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Xavier Armoiry

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

xavier.armoiry@univ-lyon1.fr

Affiliations Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, Pharmacy Department, School of Pharmacy (ISPB) / UMR CNRS 5510 MATEIS / Edouard Herriot Hospital, University of Lyon, Lyon, France

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: X.A. is a member of the steering committee of the Mitra-FR study. J.F.O. is the principal investigator of the Mitra-FR study and reports personal fees from Abbott Vascular, Delacroix-Chevalier, Landanger, and Medtronic, outside the submitted work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.