About the Authors
- Abdulla Shehab
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* E-mail: a.shehab@uaeu.ac.ae
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Bayan Al-Dabbagh
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Khalid F. AlHabib
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Affiliation King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali
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Affiliations Heart and Vascular Institute, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Wael Almahmeed
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Affiliation Heart and Vascular Institute, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Kadhim Sulaiman
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Ahmed Al-Motarreb
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Sana’s University, Sana’a, Yemen
- Nicolaas Nagelkerke
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Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Jassim Al Suwaidi
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar
- Ahmad Hersi
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Hussam Al Faleh
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Nidal Asaad
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar
- Shukri Al Saif
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Affiliation Cardiology Department, Saud Al-Babtain Cardiac Center, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Haitham Amin
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Affiliation Cardiology Department, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Cardiac Center, Manama, Bahrain
Competing Interests
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Sanofi Aventis. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AS BA-D. Performed the experiments: AS BA-D. Analyzed the data: NN BA-D. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KFA AAA-A WA KS AA-M NN JAS AH HAF NA SAS HA. Wrote the paper: AS BA-D.