About the Authors

Lewis J. Frey

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lewis.frey@health.slu.edu

Affiliations Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Michael Fuchs

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Ralph C. Ward

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Mulugeta Gebregziabher

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Ahmad Basil Nasir

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yamini Natarajan

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Andrew Schreiner

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Don C. Rockey

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Wing-Kin Syn

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Vizcaya, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.