About the Authors

Khalid Bashar

khalid@live.ie

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Adeel Zafar

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Sawsan Elsheikh

Affiliation Department of Acute Medicine, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Donagh A. Healy

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Mary Clarke-Moloney

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Liam Casserly

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Paul E. Burke

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Eamon G. Kavanagh

Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Stewart R. Walsh

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB AZ DH MCM LC PB EK SRW. Performed the experiments: KB AZ DH MCM LC PB EK SRW. Analyzed the data: KB AZ SE DH SRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB AZ SE DH SRW. Wrote the paper: KB AZ SE DH PB EK SRW.