*Heart Institute, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
†Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Roma, Italy
‡Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Roma, Italy
§Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
¶Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
∥Universitätsklinik für Gefäß- und Endovaskularchirurgie, Düsseldorf, Germany
**Aortic and Vascular Center, Clinic Hirslanden, Zürich, Switzerland
††Clinic for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
‡‡Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
§§Endospan Ltd., Herzlia, Israel
¶¶Vascular Surgery Unit, University of Palermo, AOUP “P. Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy
D.P. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; drafted the manuscript, and gave final approval of the manuscript. G.E.G. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in analysis and interpretation of data; drafted the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. N.M. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript, and gave final approval of the manuscript. T.L. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript, and gave final approval of the manuscript. A.D. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. H.S. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript, and gave final approval of the manuscript. L.C. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. A.H. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. A.H. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. M.A. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. K.T.T. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript, and gave final approval of the manuscript. M.O. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. S.R. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. Y.M. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in analysis and interpretation of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. F.P. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data; critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript. M.L. contributed to the conception and design of the study, participated in acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; drafted the manuscript and gave final approval of the manuscript.
M.L. reports being a Principal Investigator for the clinical studies reported in this manuscript, receiving fees as a consultant and proctor for Endospan since 2014 and CryoLife since 2019, as well as being a medical director for Endospan and holder of stock options since 2019. D.P. reports being a consultant and a proctor for Endospan since 2012 and CryoLife since 2019, as well as being a medical director for Endospan and holder of stock options since 2019. Y.M. was an employee of Endospan Ltd.
Funding for this study was provided by Endospan Ltd.
The other authors declare no conflict of interests.
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