Summary of interviewed participant demographics
| Number | |
| Clinician characteristics | |
| Professional role | |
| Surgeon | 8 |
| Heart failure cardiologist | 4 |
| Interventional cardiologist | 3 |
| Clinical care coordinator | 5 |
| Advanced practice provider | 5 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 14 |
| Female | 11 |
| Patient characteristics | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 25 |
| Female | 18 |
| Geographical area | |
| In-state | 39 |
| Out-of-state | 4 |