Yu, Wen-Kuang
McNeil, J. Brennan
Wickersham, Nancy E.
Shaver, Ciara M.
Bastarache, Julie A.
Ware, Lorraine B. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9429-4702
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL103836, HL135849, HL135849)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Article History
Received: 29 September 2020
Accepted: 20 January 2021
First Online: 4 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The prospective study was approved by Vanderbilt Institutional Review Board (IRB #051065). Informed consent was obtained for sample collection from the patients or surrogates whenever possible; if patients or surrogates were unable to provide consent, the institutional review board granted a waiver of consent due to the minimal risk nature of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare they have no competing interests.