Acknowledgments

The authors thank the patients, investigators, and site staff who participated in this study, including those at the following centers: Hospital Puerta de Hierro Madrid, Spain; Universitasklinik Chirurgie Innsbruck, Austria; Mercy Heart and Vascular Institute, Sacramento, CA, US; Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ, US. We thank Shawna Snodgrass for study administration, and Trina Patel, PhD, and Lily Jeng for statistical support.
We thank Zoe Noakes and Helen Heffron from InterComm International Ltd, Cambridge, UK for providing medical writing support, funded by Edwards Lifesciences in accordance with Good Publication Practice (GPP3) guidelines.
Michael Moulton was an employee of University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ at the time of this research and is currently an employee of University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.