About the Authors

Ayesha P. Ng

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

Affiliation Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Shineui Kim

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

Affiliation Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Nikhil Chervu

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

Affiliation Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Zihan Gao

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Saad Mallick

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Peyman Benharash

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

Affiliations Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Hanjoo Lee

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

hleea16bc@dhs.lacounty.gov

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.