About the Authors

Dwight D. Harris

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Sharif A. Sabe

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Mark Broadwin

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Chris Stone

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Krishna Bellam

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Akshay Malhotra

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

M. Ruhul Abid

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

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Frank W. Sellke

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

fsellke@lifespan.org

Affiliation Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.