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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Australian National and Health Medical Research project grants (1138917 and 1099040), The Basil Hetzel Translational Grant, The Hospital Research Foundation (Grant Reference RF2017/03), and funding from The University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences. Dr. Psaltis is supported by an Australian National Heart Foundation of Australia Level 2 Future Leader Fellowship (FLF100412) and an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Level 2 Career Development Fellowship (CDF1161506). All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. The authors acknowledge Prof. Denis Tvorogov and Prof. Peter Sage for helpful discussions, as well as the enthusiastic assistance of Ms. Rachel Jakobczak, Dr. Amenah Jaghoori, Dr. Hai Tran, and staff in the Catheterization Laboratories at The Queen Elizabeth and Royal Adelaide Hospitals. The authors attest they are in compliance with human studies committees and animal welfare regulations of the authors' institutions and Food and Drug Administration guidelines, including patient consent where appropriate. For more information, visit the Author Center.