About the Authors

John Del Gaizo

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Curry Sherard

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Khaled Shorbaji

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Brett Welch

Roles Project administration, Resources, Software

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Roshan Mathi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Arman Kilic

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

kilica@musc.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.