AUTHORS:

Ana Lopez-Marco MD ^a, Aidil Syed MD^a, Mabel Phillips BN ^a, Jennifer Williams MD ^a, John Hogan PhD ^a, Joseph George MD ^a, Junaid Mansoor MD^a, Michael Ghebre PhD ^b, Dheeraj Mehta MD ^a.

INSTITUTIONS AND AFFILIATIONS:

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ^a, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (United Kingdom)

Department of Biostatistics ^b, University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester (United Kingdom)

MEETING PRESENTATION:

This material was presented at the AATS International Coronary Congress, November 2016, New Delhi.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

Miss Ana Lopez-Marco

University Hospital of Wales

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E-mail: analopez1000@hotmail.com

No funding was received for this study. No conflict of interest with industry to declare.