About the Authors

Ahmed N. Mahmoud

Contributed equally to this work with: Ahmed N. Mahmoud, Akram Y. Elgendy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Akram Y. Elgendy

Contributed equally to this work with: Ahmed N. Mahmoud, Akram Y. Elgendy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Cecil Rambarat

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Dhruv Mahtta

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Islam Y. Elgendy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Anthony A. Bavry

anthony.bavry@va.gov

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Bavry discloses the following relationship – Honorarium from American College of Cardiology. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ANM AYE AAB. Formal analysis: ANM AYE. Investigation: ANM AYE CR DM IYE AAB. Methodology: ANM AYE AAB. Project administration: ANM AYE AAB. Supervision: AAB. Validation: ANM AYE AAB. Visualization: ANM AYE CR DM IYE AAB. Writing – original draft: ANM AYE. Writing – review & editing: ANM AYE CR DM IYE AAB.