Hathaway, Quincy A.
Roth, Skyler M.
Pinti, Mark V.
Sprando, Daniel C.
Kunovac, Amina
Durr, Andrya J.
Cook, Chris C.
Fink, Garrett K.
Cheuvront, Tristen B.
Grossman, Jasmine H.
Aljahli, Ghadah A.
Taylor, Andrew D.
Giromini, Andrew P.
Allen, Jessica L.
Hollander, John M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5724-694X
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (P20GM103434)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL-128485)
American Heart Association (17PRE33660333)
Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (Whipkey Trust)
Article History
Received: 13 March 2019
Accepted: 29 May 2019
First Online: 11 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All tissue and patient information was acquired in a double de-identified fashion, and was approved by the West Virginia University Institutional Review Board and Institutional Biosafety Committee. Patients were all consented by the Heart and Vascular Institute, J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital at West Virginia University School of Medicine. Right atrial appendages were removed during open-heart and/or valvular surgeries (Refer to “InternalRef removed”, section “InternalRef removed”).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.