About the Authors

Lorenzo Azzalini

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

Milan Seth

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Devraj Sukul

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Javier A. Valle

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Michigan Heart and Vascular, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Edouard Daher

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Ascension St John Hospital, Detroit, MI, United States of America

Brett Wanamaker

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Michael T. Tucciarone

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beaumont Hospital, Troy, MI, United States of America

Anwar Zaitoun

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Covenant Cardiology, Saginaw, MI, United States of America

Ryan D. Madder

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Spectrum Health Hospitals Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

Hitinder S. Gurm

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

hgurm@med.umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Azzalini received consulting fees from Teleflex, Abiomed, Asahi Intecc, Abbott Vascular, Philips, GE Healthcare, and Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Dr. Sukul receives salary support from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for his role in BMC2. Dr. Gurm receives research support from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, and Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization for Life Sciences Innovation Hub. He is the co-founder of, owns equity in, and is a consultant to Amplitude Vascular Systems. He also owns equity in Jiaxing Bossh Medical Technology Partnership and is a consultant for Osprey Medical. He is the chair of the Clinical Events Committee for the PERFORMANCE trial sponsored by Contego Medical. The other authors have no disclosures. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.