About the Authors

Bindiya Patel

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Mohamed Ameen Ismahil

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Tariq Hamid

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Shyam S. Bansal

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Sumanth D. Prabhu

sprabhu@uab.edu

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Medical Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SDP. Data curation: BP MAI TH SSB SDP. Formal analysis: BP MAI TH SSB SDP. Funding acquisition: SDP. Investigation: BP MAI TH SSB SDP. Methodology: BP MAI TH SSB SDP. Project administration: BP SDP. Resources: SDP. Supervision: SDP. Validation: BP SDP. Visualization: BP SDP. Writing – original draft: BP. Writing – review & editing: BP MAI TH SSB SDP.