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.