About the Authors

Rafid Al-Aqeedi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Nidal Asaad

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Awad Al-Qahtani

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Rajvir Singh

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Hajar A. Al Binali

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Abdul Wahid Al Mulla

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Jassim Al Suwaidi

Jha01@hmc.org.qa

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA HA. Performed the experiments: JA NA. Analyzed the data: RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AQ AA. Wrote the paper: JA RA.