Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1K08HL175130-01)
Article History
Received: 21 October 2025
Accepted: 10 December 2025
First Online: 18 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Indiana University Institutional Review Board (IRB). For this type of study, formal consent is not required.
: For this type of study, informed consent is not required.
: For this type of study, consent for publication is not required.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved as non-human subjects research by the Indiana University IRB and therefore consent was not required. Loss of follow up of patients additionally prohibited pursuit of formal consent to publish. All published data are anonymized and there are no images that allow identification of patients. Therefore, we hope the editorial board can make an exception to the requirement for formal consent. If documentation from the IU IRB is required, we can certainly provide this.